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protonvpn-cli-connect:tldr:748d6
protonvpn-cli-connect: Connect to ProtonVPN using a specific server with a specific protocol.
$ protonvpn-cli connect ${server_name} --protocol ${select}
try on your machine
This command is used to establish a connection with a ProtonVPN server using the ProtonVPN Command-Line Interface (CLI).
Here's a breakdown of the command and its components:
protonvpn-cli
: This is the command to invoke the ProtonVPN CLI tool.connect
: This is the specific ProtonVPN CLI command used to initiate a connection to a VPN server.${server_name}
: This is a placeholder for the name of the ProtonVPN server you want to connect to. You need to replace${server_name}
with the actual name of the server you desire to connect to.--protocol ${select}
: This is an optional parameter that allows you to select a specific protocol for the VPN connection. The${select}
placeholder should be replaced with the actual protocol you wish to use. The available options can vary depending on the ProtonVPN CLI version, but common protocols includeUDP
,TCP
, andIKEv2
.
To use this command, you can replace ${server_name}
with the name of a ProtonVPN server, and ${select}
with the desired protocol. For example, if you want to connect to a server named us-01
, with the UDP
protocol, the command would be:
protonvpn-cli connect us-01 --protocol UDP
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.