[Openvpn-users] Windows Server 2003 Status=55

[David Cook <dcook@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,
I'm fairly new to the OpenVPN software and have a few questions 
regarding bridged connections on Windows Server 2003. 

I have configured OpenVPN in bridged mode as per the HowTO and have 
connected to it.  However in the log files I still see:
Tue Aug 02 20:26:41 2005 NOTE: could not get adapter index for 
\DEVICE\TCPIP_{56E841C6-CDB3-42B6-A160-281EAD0FB244}, status=55 : The 
specified network resource or device is no longer available. 

I dug around on the list archives and found openvpn --show-net would 
list all the network adapters, the command displays the following output:
SYSTEM ADAPTER LIST
MAC Bridge Miniport
 Index = 65539
 GUID = {0AF63FC0-36A2-4ED3-999C-28EF53AA81D1}
 IP = 192.168.1.10/255.255.255.0
 MAC = 02:ff:56:e8:41:c6
 GATEWAY = 192.168.1.1/0.0.0.0

explaining the fact that it cannot find the tap device, but that is 
because the tap device is bridged with my NIC resulting in one "virtual" 
adapter.  Is this normal behavior and if so does this hamper OpenVPN in 
any way?

Secondly, my Tap network adapter appears to only be connected after a 
reboot.  I have set the OpenVPN service to be automatic so it is started 
while the machine is coming up, however once the service is stooped, it 
will never connect that network adapter again which i find odd since it 
is using the same configuration file.

Any information in these areas would be greatly appreciated.
-David Cook


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