weird behavior when network is down
there are several problems with trying to run bitmask when the network is down
(1) it reports alert "unable to connect: problem with provider" but the EIP status is "starting" and the eip button is labelled "Turn ON". It should be not say starting, since it is not really.
(2) if you hit 'Turn ON', then it tries and tells you again that the network is unreachable, but the eip button is now disabled and says "Turn OFF". the button should be enabled and say "Turn ON".
(3) when the network comes back up, it says openvpn exited unexpectedly, but then it lets you hit 'Turn ON' again (which works if used). It should connect when the network comes back instead of dying in an unexpected way. This might fix itself with removal of soft-restart
(from redmine: created on 2014-05-12, relates #5669 (closed))