Using a BAT file to automatically reconnect a VPN Cisco on failure of connection

Question

I would like help to create an automatic BAT script that reconnects my Cisco VPN Client Session in case of outage of Internet.

There are two command lines: command 1 to connect and command 2 to disconnect.

To monitor the connection I would like use ICMP (Like 5 failed pings) and if working VPN then continue to forward data. If not use command 2 to disconnect the VPN Session and try to reconnect again.

If possible I would like it to loop so it will auto-reconnect every time the WAN Link breaks.

command 1: The Client program is at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco Systems\VPN

start vpnclient connect rcx user TESTE pwd TESTE stdin

command 2: The Client program is at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco Systems\VPN

vpnclient disconnect

I made many attempts with no success.

Answer 1

This should ping the IP address and on failure it will disconnect, pause for 10 seconds, start the vpnclient and pause for 10 seconds, then loop.

There is a 30 second delay between tests.

The timeout command is in Vista and later.

@echo off
cd /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco Systems\VPN"
:loop
    echo testing IP address
    ping 123.456.78.90 >nul || (
       echo ping failure - disconnecting
       vpnclient disconnect
          timeout /t 10 /nobreak
       echo reconnecting
       start vpnclient connect rcx user TESTE pwd TESTE stdin
          timeout /t 10 /nobreak
   )
timeout /t 30 /nobreak
goto :loop