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| + | # Introduction |
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| + | OpenVPN [was split](wiki/ChangesInOpenvpn23) into several subprojects between 2.3-alpha1 -> 2.3-alpha2 releases. [Tap-windows](https://github.com/OpenVPN/tap-windows) is an NDIS 5 driver which provides tap adapter capabilities on Windows. Support for NDIS 5 will be dropped in future Windows versions, which is why tap-windows has been deprecated by [tap-windows6](https://github.com/OpenVPN/tap-windows6) that uses NDIS 6 instead. Here's a table that shows the relation between the driver versions: |
| + | |
| + | | Installer name | Project name | NDIS version | Operating system | |
| + | |-----------------------|---------------|--------------|----------------------------| |
| + | | tap-windows-9.21.2 | tap-windows6 | 6 | Windows Vista and above | |
| + | | tap-windows-9.9.2_3 | tap-windows | 5 | Windows XP | |
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| + | # Fetching tap-windows source code |
| + | |
| + | To fetch tap-windows (NDIS 5) use: |
| + | |
| + | ``` |
| + | $ git clone https://github.com/OpenVPN/tap-windows.git |
| + | ``` |
| + | |
| + | To fetch tap-windows (NDIS 6) use: |
| + | |
| + | ``` |
| + | $ git clone https://github.com/OpenVPN/tap-windows6.git |
| + | ``` |
| + | |
| + | # Getting tap-windows releases |
| + | |
| + | All tap-windows releases are available in a number of places: |
| + | |
| + | - [http://swupdate.openvpn.net/community/releases/tap-windows-<version>.exe](http://swupdate.openvpn.net/community/releases/tap-windows-<version>.exe) |
| + | - [http://swupdate.openvpn.net/community/releases/tap-windows-<version>.zip](http://swupdate.openvpn.net/community/releases/tap-windows-<version>.zip) |
| + | - [Browseable downloads](http://build.openvpn.net/downloads/releases) |
| + | - [GitHub downloads page](https://github.com/OpenVPN/tap-windows/downloads) |