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RE: [Openvpn-users] MISSING TAP DEVICE ICON ON WINDOWS XP SP2 - a solution??? how?


  • Subject: RE: [Openvpn-users] MISSING TAP DEVICE ICON ON WINDOWS XP SP2 - a solution??? how?
  • From: "Edward J. Apostol \(hotmail\)" <edwardjapostol@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 21:07:22 -0400

Hi James -

Thanks for responding. I got it to work (didn't realize I installed 1.60
oops)

Cheers



-----Original Message-----
From: James Yonan [] 
Sent: September 22, 2004 1:41 AM
To: openvpn-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 
Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] MISSING TAP DEVICE ICON ON WINDOWS XP SP2 - a
solution??? how?

On Wednesday 22 September 2004 00:12, Edward J. Apostol wrote:
> "MISSING TAP DEVICE ICON ON WINDOWS XP SP2"
> -----------------------------------------
>
> On Windows XP SP2, the TAP-Win32 interface icon
> is missing from the network connections control panel.
> A workaround is available in OpenVPN 2.0."
>
> What is the workaround? I continued looking through the
> troubleshooting section, the FAQ, and then through the
> forums, but cannot seem to locate a solution.
>
> I am attempting to install PearPC with MacOS X on my
> PC, and have gotten to the point where I want to
> network. I am following a good guide found at
> http://www.braintheater.com/ppc/ which references this
> software. But I cannot see no icon!

The workaround is to increase the length of the TAP hardware ID from 3 to 7 
characters ("TAP" -> "TAP0801").

This has been implemented in the 2.0 beta series.

James