need a script to show via browser if the vpn client is running

[anonimous]

hi

I have cisco vpnclient-linux-3.7.3.A-k9
installed on linux server SuSE 8.2.
This server is also the proxy server
for 300 clients.
So all our users have vpn connection
via proxy and I don't need install
any vpn clients at the workstations.

But sometimes the vpn client is going down,
so I wrote the php script to start it
via browser.
The problem is, that sometimes the remote server goes down
and the vpn client cannot establish connection and user don't know
where the problem is.

I need the second PHP or Perl script to show
in browser if the VPN client is running or not.
So if I am not in the office, users can check it.
I thought, to check the proces:

# ps ax | grep vpnclient | grep -v grep
11153 ? S 0:00 /usr/local/bin/vpnclient

and show via browser:

"VPN Client is up and running"

any idea ?

regards
anonimous