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      BigB last edited by BigB

      Introduction

      Hi, I successfully configured server and client on UT with rpi, pihole and pivpn on it.

      When cellular data connection is poor and it's being interrupted, vpn disconnects and I have to click its switch so many times.

      Problem

      When cellular data connection is poor and it's being interrupted, vpn disconnects and I have to click its switch so many times...

      Question

      What is the nmcli command to enable cellular data connection?

      Solution

      based on this askubuntu thread

      Step 1:
      open terminal on your phone or use ssh as you wish 🙂

      (I replaced UUID with "MY_ID" and my vpn name with "MY_VPN_NAME")

      phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ nmcli c show --active | grep vpn
      MY_VPN_NAME             MY_ID  vpn              ril_0  
      

      Step 2:

      phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ nmcli c edit MY_ID
      
      ===| nmcli interactive connection editor |===
      
      Editing existing 'vpn' connection: 'MY_ID'
                                                  
      Type 'help' or '?' for available commands.  
      Type 'describe [<setting>.<prop>]' for detailed property description.                   
      
      You may edit the following settings: connection, vpn, ipv4, ipv6
      

      Step 3:

      nmcli> print connection.autoconnect
      connection.autoconnect: no
      

      Step 4:

      nmcli> set connection.autoconnect yes
      

      Step 5

      nmcli> save persistent
      Saving the connection with 'autoconnect=yes'. That might result in an immediate activation of the connection.
      Do you still want to save? (yes/no) [yes] yes
      Connection 'MY_VPN_NAME' (MY_ID) successfully updated.
      
      nmcli> 
      
      

      Step 6:
      (based on this askubuntu thread)

      nmcli> print vpn.persistent
      vpn.persistent: no
      

      Step 7:

      nmcli> set vpn.persistent yes
      

      Step 8:

      nmcli> save persistent
      Connection 'MY_VPN_NAME' (MY_ID) successfully updated.
      

      Important
      Save one of needed script in home direction and make it executable, replace only: MY_ID and MY_VPN_NAME
      replace "2s" with any value if you want the script to run at different intervals
      You can also add it to autostart.

      based on this

      To run any of this script you have to use command . /home/phablet/path/to/your/script.sh not sh /home/phablet/path/to/your/script.sh because . is not exactly equal to sh

      Scripts to control always on vpn moved to gitlab:
      https://gitlab.com/big84/UT_uScripts

      On repository this there's wiki which includes important information.

      First Post changelog

      • 2020.11.01 - IMPORTANT! - moved from github to to gitlab.
      • 2020.10.26 - IMPORTANT! - moved scripts with explanation to github
      • 2020.08.20 - added one script, named others, updated all, since today when i edit script 0.0.0 numbers will change
      • 2020.08.19 - changed script which may be the solution if you run it with autostart
      • 2020.08.18 - added "my tests" header, added tag "openvpn"
      • 2020.08.10 - issue creation
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        CaptainCook last edited by CaptainCook

        Same issue on my side even though in the open vpn config file i changed the setting to autoconnect to true.

        [Connection]
        .....
        autoconnect=true
        ......
        [VPN]
        ....
        persistent=yes
        .......
        

        Doesnt do anything. When toggling wifi the vpn connection is not reestablished.

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          davedanger @BigB last edited by

          @bigb The script from the gabsoftware link works great when run straight in the terminal, but when put in startup, the vpn tries to reconnect but can't for some reason.

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