Technical Note: How to connect a VPN Dial-Up tunnel from a DOS Prompt

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Description

This article explains how to connect to an IPSec VPN tunnel from a DOS prompt.  All commands must by run as the Administrator.

In a DOS prompt window, under the default installation folder of Fortclient (C:\Program Files (x86)\Fortinet\FortiClient), enter:

ipsec.exe Tunnel_name

where Tunnel_name is the name of the IPSec tunnel that was entered in the VPN tab under “Name”.

To display the debug information of the VPN connection enter:

 ipsec.exe -d <verbose level> Tunnel_name.

Use the following command to open the tunnel:

start /B ipsec.exe -k

Enter the following command to close a VPN tunnel:

ipsec.exe quit

Scope
All FortiClient users.
Solution