Re: [Openvpn-users] Windows Server 2003 Status=55

[David Cook <dcook@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,
Please ignore the 2nd of my question, it was a terminal services lag 
issue, log out/in displays the proper network adapter information, 
however the status=55 still remains.

David Cook wrote:

> 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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