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Brad, Thanks for the notes. I've never been able to reproduce this issue, and I've also posted to microsoft.public.development.device.drivers about it without any solution being proposed except that I should run the driver through the usual test suite such as verifier.exe, NDISTest, etc. I've done this, and the current driver passes all of these tests on a single-processor machine (and I might add that these tests are quite strict, and that passing them is a prerequisite for WHQL certification). At this point I would agree with you that the problem may be interaction-based, and it's good to know that McAfee is a potential interactor. BTW, this problem of loading/unloading drivers corrupting winsock is common enough that someone has actually written a utility called WinsockFix to repair the registry when this occurs. James Brad Smith <mata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > Being a newbie, take it for what it is worth, but I have replicated the IP > stack corruption issue on Win32, specifically WinXP. Following is my > sys config and the history of events that led to the IP stack corruption: > > System Configuration: > Compaq Presarion 2100 laptop (development environment) > Win XP > 512MB > McAfee VirusScan 7.x > * The reason I listed the McAfee is due to a message that pops up after > the TAP adapter has been added, stating that McAfee has recognized a > change in adapters and has recorded the changes. McAfee has an > obvious interaction with the OVPN installation. > > History: > 1. Downloaded OVPN-1.6RC3 and installed. Rebooted. > 2. Experimented with the vpn, realizing that, for my purpose, I needed > the server ability, available in OVPN 2.0. > 3. Downloaded OVPN-2.0Test26 and overinstalled without removing > 1.6RC3. Rebooted (there was no message telling me to reboot. I > wanted to reboot to start fresh). > 4. When I returned from reboot, I had no IP. I tried to restore the > Network services unsuccessfully. Finally, I had to reinstall the OS. It > was needed soon anyhow. > > Hope this info helps in discovering whatever causes the stack > corruption. > > Brad Smith > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Sleepycat Software > Learn developer strategies Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson & Lucent use to deliver > higher performing products faster, at low TCO. > http://www.sleepycat.com/telcomwpreg.php?From=osdnemail3 > _______________________________________________ > Openvpn-users mailing list > Openvpn-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users > -- ____________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users |