Connect/Disconnect Dial-up

The Connect/Disconnect Dial-up object will connect or disconnect to a dial-up or VPN network. The Connect/Disconnect Dial-up object only supports dial-up and VPN networks that are configured using the Windows Control Panel.

How it is used

The Connect/Disconnect Dial-up object can be used to connect to a VPN network that you need before interacting with a computer on that network. When all the operations are completed you can use the Connect/Disconnect Dial-up object to disconnect from network.

Configuration

To configure the Connect/Disconnect Dial-up object you will need to know the dial-up connection that you want to connect to or disconnect from.

Connection Tab

 

Dial-up or VPN entry	Type the name of the Dial-up or VPN entry that you want to use to connect to the network. You can use the ellipsis (...) button to browse the available connections.
Connect	Select to cause the Connect/Disconnect Dial-up object to connect to the network.
Disconnect	Select to cause the Connect/Disconnect Dial-up object to disconnect from the network.
Attempts	Type the number of connection/disconnection attempts that you want to the Connect/Disconnect Dial-up object to make before it will fail.
Delay	Type the number of seconds between each attempt to connect or disconnect.

Authentication Tab

 

Domain	Type the domain that you are connecting to.
Username	Type the username that will be used to authenticate on the Domain you have specified.
Password	Type the password that is associated with the Username.

Available Published Data

 

Name	Description
Dial-up or VPN name	The name of the dial-up or VPN entry used for this connection.
Domain name credential	The domain that was used during authentication.
User name credential	The user that was used during authentication.
Number of retries attempted	The number of times that the Connect/Disconnect Dial-up object attempted to connect to the network.

Common Published Data