Auto-join/host

[Bejarid]

Hi,

I wonder how I can activate the auto-host with your service based VPN.

I just created a network and use it without problem, and sure its work as long as I haven't restart my host, but if I do, I have to log in my windows account before launch my network (and the UI :/).

I have found this post http://getsatisfaction.com/echobit/topi ... _arguments, so I can do that easy (a custom shortcut in the Start folder), IF i am in front of my PC for launch my account (I haven't make it as auto login), but if I restart my host remotely, that will not work

Any solution against it ? Or I have miss something ?

In anycase, an option "auto-host" should appear in the UI of the Host, I think it's a basic function

[mamu]

Hi,

I wonder how I can activate the auto-host with your service based VPN.

I just created a network and use it without problem, and sure its work as long as I haven't restart my host, but if I do, I have to log in my windows account before launch my network (and the UI :/).

I have found this post http://getsatisfaction.com/echobit/topi ... _arguments, so I can do that easy (a custom shortcut in the Start folder), IF i am in front of my PC for launch my account (I haven't make it as auto login), but if I restart my host remotely, that will not work

Any solution against it ? Or I have miss something ?

In anycase, an option "auto-host" should appear in the UI of the Host, I think it's a basic function

Hi Bejarid,

Unfortunately, there's no way to get LbSvc (the LAN Bridger service) to auto-host a network on system/service start in 0.9.6b. We're aiming to release the auto-host feature in the very near future, as we recognize it's something many users would benefit from.

We'll let you know as soon as we have a concrete plan regarding the version in which this feature will be included, and we'd love to bring you in to the pre-release testing (assuming you're willing and interested) once we're closer to releasing the auto-host feature.

Thanks for giving LAN Bridger a try, and we hope you'll find it at least somewhat useful despite this shortcoming.

[Bejarid]

Thanks for your reply

Yeah, LAN Bridger is usefull even without this functionality, a server don't need to restart so often It's just that with this option, I think this soft can be a really interesting VPN solution.

No problem for Beta testing, I'm too a .Net developper so if I can help you comrade, I will.
I also can handle a french localization if you want ^^

[amishmonster]

I've mentioned this before through other channels, but I figured a formal note wouldn't hurt!

I see the link to command-line auto-join, and the .96 pull-down menu of recently-used profiles makes it a lot quicker, but some kind of UI-based auto-join feature would grand. Something where you select a profile and save a password, and then you have a default network it'll join whenever you boot up LAN Bridger.

[Sully]

I use a .bat file to autojoin or autohost. The only caveat is the password must be entered. One could simply develop an autoit script to automate the whole process as well.

I am looking forward to static ips on the virtual nic. Is there any possibility that perhaps an option to use a default pub_profile could be added, and the password remembered? In this fashion, one could simply use

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net start <lb service name>


or even faster

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sc start <lb service name>


So that IF a default profile/password exists (maybe .ini or registry) when the service starts it autojoins/autohosts. I would certainly not be shy of starting/stopping a service in this manner, especially if you always join the same lb host.

Sul.

[mamu]

Good news!

We've just wrapped up work on auto-hosting on system start (technically, it's on service start) and the feature will be going into 0.9.7b. We're aiming to put 0.9.7b into pre-release in the next few days.

Auto-joining is a bit trickier, since (as has been pointed out in this thread) we need to cache the password used to join. We're planning on getting auto-joining into a release in the near future, but haven't yet decided exactly when.

[Bejarid]

Good news

By the way, I have find a case of crash : I have set up a shortcut to autojoin a network, so at start up of my system Lan Bridger start and try to connect to the network, but if I try to close the application when it ask the password, I have a crash.

[dreijer]

By the way, I have find a case of crash : I have set up a shortcut to autojoin a network, so at start up of my system Lan Bridger start and try to connect to the network, but if I try to close the application when it ask the password, I have a crash.

Uh oh I'll take a look asap!

[Sully]

I have solved housing passwords by simply using an .ini file that is encrypted. True you can see the encrypted value, but without the cipher, it is useless. I would much prefer an .ini layout for these sort of things rather than a registry value.

Could it be possible that the data in a pub_profile could house the encrypted key with a special function if desired? Then autojoins could utilize the pub_profile and have the infos needed to authenticate.

Sul.

[dreijer]

By the way, I have find a case of crash : I have set up a shortcut to autojoin a network, so at start up of my system Lan Bridger start and try to connect to the network, but if I try to close the application when it ask the password, I have a crash.

Uh oh I'll take a look asap!

I just tried reproducing your crash with our internal version of LAN Bridger (0.9.7b) and was not able to reproduce the behavior. If you haven't already signed up for the pre-release testing, send an PM to Mamu or me and you can test this out on your end as well.