TAP-Win32 adapter not found though it is installed

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Neokil
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TAP-Win32 adapter not found though it is installed

Post by Neokil » Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:47 am

Hey guys,
I am trying to get OpenVPN working using the OpenVPN-GUI. When I tried to install it there was an error message about the TAP-Driver not being compatibel. So I downloaded the NDIS6-Installer and installed it manually (after reinstalling the Open-VPN-GUi without TAP-Drivers).
In the Network-Connections there now is the "Ethernet 3 - TAP-Windows Adapter V9", but whenever I try to start the server there is an error "There are no TAP-Win32 adapters on this system. You should be able to create a TAP-Win32 adapter by..."

Any ideas how to solve this?

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Neokil

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Re: TAP-Win32 adapter not found though it is installed

Post by Traffic » Thu Oct 01, 2015 12:00 pm

Neokil wrote:In the Network-Connections there now is the "Ethernet 3 - TAP-Windows Adapter V9"
Try renaming the adapter eg: tun3
Then specify that adapter in your config:

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dev-node tap3

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Re: TAP-Win32 adapter not found though it is installed

Post by Neokil » Thu Oct 01, 2015 12:06 pm

tried it, but it was not the solution. Same message as before (I dont need to restart the server for the name-change to work right?)

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Re: TAP-Win32 adapter not found though it is installed

Post by Traffic » Fri Oct 02, 2015 12:59 pm

Neokil wrote:I dont need to restart the server for the name-change to work right?
You must restart OpenVPN but you do not need to reboot the server.

I would recommend you completely uninstall OpenVPN and the TAP Utilities and try again.

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Re: TAP-Win32 adapter not found though it is installed

Post by Neokil » Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:29 am

I removed OpenVPN and all the components completely and reinstalled the TAP-Drivers first and then the OpenVPN. But the problem stays the same.

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Re: TAP-Win32 adapter not found though it is installed

Post by Traffic » Wed Nov 25, 2015 1:07 am

Something here may help ..

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