Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of ManagingWindowsTAPDrivers


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Timestamp:
04/11/13 14:44:57 (11 years ago)
Author:
Samuli Seppänen
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Migrated more content from http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/install.html

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  • ManagingWindowsTAPDrivers

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    2020Occasionally you may need play with different TAP-driver versions. In this case you can use ''devcon.exe'' from the Windows command-prompt. Below are some common commands:
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    22 To view information about an installed driver use
     22List available TAP-Windows adapters:
     23
     24{{{
     25$ openvpn --show-adapters
     26Available TAP-Windows devices:
     27[1] 'my-tap'
     28}}}
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     30List network interfaces (incl. TAP-Windows adapters):
     31
     32{{{
     33$ ipconfig
     34}}}
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     36View information about an installed driver:
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    28 To uninstall the TAP-driver use:
     42Uninstall a TAP-driver:
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    34 To install a new TAP-driver use
     48Install a new TAP-driver:
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    40 To update a TAP-driver use
     54Update a TAP-driver:
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    5670Extracting TAP-drivers from an OpenVPN installer is relatively easy: you can use [http://www.7-zip.org/ 7-zip] to open the installer executable. There are both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, but the latter are larger in size.
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     72= Windows TAP device naming =
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     74Basically what happens when you install the TAP-Windows driver is that you get a new network adapter that shows up in your network control panel. You right click on the TAP adapter and set the TCP/IP properties, i.e. IP address and netmask. Then you rename the TAP adapter icon to something like "my-tap" and reference it using the --dev-node option in OpenVPN.
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     76Windows also has command line utilities to accomplish these same kinds of tasks such as "devcon", "netsh", and "ipconfig".
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    5878= Renaming the TAP-driver =
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