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Notes — Ethernet Bridging with the Bridge Occurring on the Windows Side

This configuration requires Windows XP or higher on the bridge side. First, make a TAP-Windows adapter ("tap-bridge") without setting any TCP/IP properties.

Select "tap-bridge" and your ethernet adapter in Control Panel > Network Connections, then right-click and select "Bridge Connections." We assume the bridged network address is 10.0.0.0 subnet 255.255.255.0. The connecting client will use an address of 10.0.0.7.

Note that if your ethernet adapter is a DHCP client, bridging the connection may cause it to obtain a new IP address lease.

Use this config on the Windows side (the side doing the bridging):

    remote [myremote]
    dev tap
    dev-node tap-bridge
    ping 5
    secret key

Use this config on the remote (which, in this case, is a Linux box but could also be a Windows box):

    remote [myremote]
    dev tap
    ifconfig 10.0.0.7 255.255.255.0
    ping 5
    secret key
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