Create PPTP VPN via command line?

[Romas]

Hi all

Does anyone know if it's possible to create a PPTP VPN via a command line rather than using the New Connection Wizard?

I thought that NETSH might be the answer but I can't figure it out...

Any help greatly appreciated..

Regards

Paul

[Sonic]

Create once the vpn connection by wizard and backup the .pbk file. After you can use command line :

Connect

rasdial NameOfConnection user pass /phonebook:file.pbk

Disconnect

rasdial NameOfConnection /disconnect

Sample .pbk file

[NameOfConnection]
ShowMonitorIconInTaskBar=0
IpPrioritizeRemote=0

MEDIA=rastapi
Port=VPN9-0
Device=Miniport réseau étendu (L2TP)

DEVICE=rastapi
PhoneNumber=ip or dns name

[cluberti]

Also, if you have a 2003 server you have access to, you can use the CMAK to create one.

[Romas]

Thank you both for your responses.

From the info provided by Sonic I now know that it's the contents of the .pbk file I need to create (I have about 30 VPNs I need to add and I didn't want to have to add them manually, so was hoping there was some kind of import I could do).

Is there a way of "importing" these details into my existing .pbk file? I've had a look at rasphone and rasdial but could not see an option to do this.

@cluberti

I was not aware of this tool but it will certainly come in use in the future

Thanks again

Paul

[Sonic]

You can add the content to your actual .pbk file with batch like "echo xxxx >>file.pbk"