Sophos Connect Client checks Internet Connection

Question

Hello, 
 
 im wondering why scvpn.exe trying to contact some IP Adresses which are belonging to Facebook / Twitter etc. 
 Seems its checking Internet Connection by contacting them. But first : some Companies have restricted access to FB/Twitter, means our users cant use VPN Client in those cases. 
 Because Sophos Connect says "No internet Connectivity" 
 and second : WHY? 
 Could you Guys please fix it?

rmk_2018 · Accepted Answer

Hello Vitali, 
 
 You can disable the pre-connectivity checks using the CLI. You need to run this command and disable it. Also it has to be done per connection. Here is the command you run from the install folder. On Windows cd to this folder, c:\program files (x86)\Sophos\connect and on Mac cd to this folder, /Library/Sophos Connect/ 
 
 Suppose your connect name is: MyCompanyVPN 
 Run this command. sccli update -n MyCompanyVPN -l 
 
 That will permanently disable the pre-connectivity checks. Hope that will help. 
 Ramesh 
 
 PS: On Mac you will have to run the command with sudo. You can run it as follows. sudo sccli -n MyCompanyVPN -l

GavinDaniels · Answer

You will need to have the scripts as a batch file on the client machine and teach the operator to run them. 
 
 Or move to another IPSec VPN client which has MS-Gina support

GavinDaniels · Answer

Look at the green bow VPN client 
 Ticks all the boxes except that its not free