Re: VPN suggestion

[julien bresciani <julien bresciani free fr>]

Rick Jones wrote:
> I'd like to suggest addition of a convenience feature to VPN 
> configuration.
>
> This is the option to specify a preferred main "carrier" connection 
> over which to run the VPN. I.e. if there is no network connection up, 
> then you can just request connection to the VPN and NM will first try 
> to establish the primary connection, and then the VPN as/when the 
> priimary is up. (Windows has this, and it's quite handy)
>
> This would make connection to a VPN using e.g. MB a lot simpler to 
> establish - also a lot easier/quicker to re-connect when the 
> connection drops (a fact of life!).
>
> On a sort-of related note, an auto-retry option for dialup-type 
> connections would be nice too :)
>
> Cheers, Rick
a good idea, because when you do vpn on 3G, you often have to disconnect 
reconnect, you loose a lot of tie in the applet by reconneting two 
connections.