I'm running Windows 10 Creators Update and using OpenVPN 2.4.3. When looking at the information in "Network and Sharing Center" I see that both the NIC adapter and the TAP-Windows Adapter V9 shows Access type: Internet. Is this normal and correct? If I instead connect to the VPN provider using a PPTP connection only that connection shows Access type: Internet, while the NIC adapter shows Access type: No Internet access.
Should I not expect the same access type on the NIC adapter (i.e. "No Internet access") when connected to the VPN provider with OpenVPN?
If I run "netsh int ip show interfaces" I see that the OpenVPN adapter interface has metric = 3 and that the NIC adapter has metric = 25 (and Loopback interface has metric = 25).
I would really appreciate if someone could shed some light on this.
What "access type" should show for NIC when OpenVPN is connected?
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Re: What "access type" should show for NIC when OpenVPN is connected?
For your TAP Windows Adaptor v9 's
- if you setup openvpn to give you internet access over the VPN
then it will show as Internet access - if you setup openvpn to give you access to the remote LAN only over the VPN
then it will show as No internet access
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Re: What "access type" should show for NIC when OpenVPN is connected?
My concern is actually not about the access type of the TAP-Windows Adapter V9 but about my normal NIC adapter showing access type "Internet" at the same time as my TAP-Windows adapter does the same. That is when connected with OpenVPN client both adapters show access type "Internet".TinCanTech wrote:For your TAP Windows Adaptor v9 's
It depends on how you setup your network etc.
- if you setup openvpn to give you internet access over the VPN
then it will show as Internet access- if you setup openvpn to give you access to the remote LAN only over the VPN
then it will show as No internet access
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Re: What "access type" should show for NIC when OpenVPN is connected?
You cannot connect to a remote VPN if your "normal NIC" does not have internet access ..
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Re: What "access type" should show for NIC when OpenVPN is connected?
Yes that seems logical... But why does not my "normal" adapter show the same access type ("Internet") when I create a VPN connection via PPTP and connect through that? When I use VPN with PPTP the access type for the "normal" adapter shows "No Internet access"...TinCanTech wrote:You cannot connect to a remote VPN if your "normal NIC" does not have internet access ..