The original post: /r/mullvadvpn by /u/The-BluWiz on 2024-08-05 05:07:42.

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There are three things I do regularly with my VPN. Connect, Disconnect, and Multihop. I love that Mullvad VPN (aside from the main privacy reasons we choose them) includes a friendly CLI. For me, the GUI process for choosing multi-hop takes tooooo many steps. Here is a wrapper that should make it easier/faster to handle via CLI. Be sure to change the standard connect and multi-hop entry location to your main country (for latency reasons). Hope you find this useful!

!/bin/bash
==========

This script is a simple wrapper around the Mullvad VPN CLI to expedite regular commands
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Function to connect to a Mullvad server in the United States
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connect\_vpn() {
 # Set the relay location to the United States
 mullvad relay set tunnel wireguard --use-multihop off
 mullvad relay set location us
 mullvad connect

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo “Connected to a Mullvad VPN server in the United States.” else echo “Failed to connect to a Mullvad VPN server in the United States.” fi

}

Function to disconnect from the Mullvad VPN
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disconnect\_vpn() {
 mullvad disconnect
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 echo "Disconnected from Mullvad VPN."
 else
 echo "Failed to disconnect from Mullvad VPN."
 fi
}

Function to connect to a multi-hop VPN with an exit in Switzerland
==================================================================

multi\_vpn() {
 # Enable Mult-hop
 mullvad relay set tunnel wireguard --use-multihop on
 mullvad relay set tunnel wireguard entry location us
 # Connect to the suggested entry server
 mullvad relay set location se
 mullvad connect

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo “Connected to the suggested entry server.”

# Set the exit server to Switzerland
mullvad relay set location ch

# Reconnect to apply the new exit server
mullvad reconnect

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "Multi-hop VPN setup with exit server in Switzerland."
else
    echo "Failed to set the exit server to Switzerland."
fi

else echo “Failed to connect to the suggested entry server.” fi

}

Function to report the status of the Mullvad VPN connection
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vpn\_status() {
 status=$(mullvad status -v)

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo “Mullvad VPN status:” echo “$status” else echo “Failed to retrieve Mullvad VPN status.” fi

}

Main script logic to handle the command-line arguments
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case "$1" in
 connect|c)
 connect\_vpn
 ;;
 disconnect|d)
 disconnect\_vpn
 ;;
 multi|m)
 multi\_vpn
 ;;
 status|s)
 vpn\_status
 ;;
 \*)
 cat <<EOF
Usage: mvpn {connect|c|disconnect|d|multi|m|status|s}

Examples:
 mvpn connect
 mvpn d
 mvpn m
 mvpn status
EOF
 exit 1
esac