[[TOC(inline, depth=1)]] = Introduction = OpenVPN [wiki:ChangesInOpenvpn23 was split] into several subprojects between 2.3-alpha1 -> 2.3-alpha2 releases. [https://github.com/OpenVPN/tap-windows 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 [https://github.com/OpenVPN/tap-windows6 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|| = 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-.exe * !http://swupdate.openvpn.net/community/releases/tap-windows-.zip * http://build.openvpn.net/downloads/releases (browseable) * [https://github.com/OpenVPN/tap-windows/downloads GitHub downloads page]