OpenVPN client on a Win8 VM running on Fusion 5, OS X 10.8

[andyc22]

OpenVPN client on a Win8 VM running on Fusion 5, OS X 10.8
Sometimes the client connects, and sometimes works for a few minutes, but it's unusable otherwise. Usually I get the dreaded waiting for tun/tap interface to come up message.
I'm a developer, and not a network expert (just a novice). The VM is NAT'ed to the host (OS X). My current config...

client
proto udp
dev tun
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
comp-lzo
verb 3
ns-cert-type server
tls-auth xxxxxx.key 1
ca xxxxxx.crt
remote xxxxxx.com 1194
cert monica.crt
key monica.key
route-method exe
keepalive 10 20
route-delay 30 30
float

Any suggestions or help would be hugely appreciated. I posted a job on freelancer but got no sensible offers of help.
Thanks!

[janjust]

try adding

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tap-sleep 10

to see if that helps.
Running OpenVPN in a win8 VM is always tricky, however.

[andyc22]

Many thanks for the suggestion... I now see a Sleeping for 10 seconds... after the Notified TAP-Windows driver... message. However, the familiar waiting for tun/tap interface to come up... message/error continues
I've ordered your cookbook...
Any more suggestions?
Thanks!

[janjust]

you can also try playing with

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up-delay
route-delay N W

(see the man page for details)