TAP adapter not appearing
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TAP adapter not appearing
Hi there,
Having deployed and installed VPN on many laptops before, now I've found an issue that I'm not able to solve...
TAP adapter does not appear on network adapters.
It is correctly installed. I've even manually added it (running "Add TAP..." as administrator). I get no errors but adapter does not appear and VPN does not work (error: All TAP-Windows adapters on this system are currently in use).
Laptop is completly new. Unboxed two hours ago. Windows 10 Home. Running as administrator.
However, it has no physical ethernet adapter (only wifi) and I think this could be the reason of tap adapter not adding/showing/working...
Also tried to uninstall and reinstall OpenVPN...same problem.
Any ideas?
Many thanks!
Having deployed and installed VPN on many laptops before, now I've found an issue that I'm not able to solve...
TAP adapter does not appear on network adapters.
It is correctly installed. I've even manually added it (running "Add TAP..." as administrator). I get no errors but adapter does not appear and VPN does not work (error: All TAP-Windows adapters on this system are currently in use).
Laptop is completly new. Unboxed two hours ago. Windows 10 Home. Running as administrator.
However, it has no physical ethernet adapter (only wifi) and I think this could be the reason of tap adapter not adding/showing/working...
Also tried to uninstall and reinstall OpenVPN...same problem.
Any ideas?
Many thanks!
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Re: TAP adapter not appearing
Wifi or ethernet makes no difference.cascooscuro wrote: ↑Sun May 03, 2020 4:39 pmLaptop is completly new. Unboxed two hours ago. Windows 10 Home. Running as administrator.
However, it has no physical ethernet adapter (only wifi) and I think this could be the reason of tap adapter not adding/showing/working...
What does ipconfig /all display ?
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Re: TAP adapter not appearing
ipconfig /all only shows wireless and bluetooth adapters
Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #2
Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Adapter
Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
No TAP adapters...
Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #2
Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Adapter
Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
No TAP adapters...
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Re: TAP adapter not appearing
First, what is the laptop ? And second, have you run Windows Update ?cascooscuro wrote: ↑Sun May 03, 2020 4:39 pmLaptop is completly new. Unboxed two hours ago. Windows 10 Home. Running as administrator
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Re: TAP adapter not appearing
Laptop is HP 15s-fq1044ns
Windows was completely updated to latest version/drivers just after unboxing it. Next step was installing OpenVPN. No other software has been installed on it. It is a completely clean system.
Windows was completely updated to latest version/drivers just after unboxing it. Next step was installing OpenVPN. No other software has been installed on it. It is a completely clean system.
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Re: TAP adapter not appearing
How about
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C:\Program Files\Openvpn\bin\tapctl list
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Re: TAP adapter not appearing
cascooscuro check device manager at you system
there is a TAP? with Error code 52?
there is a TAP? with Error code 52?
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Re: TAP adapter not appearing
TinCanTech:
C:\Program Files\Openvpn\bin\tapctl list
File does not exist.
uragan1987
No TAP on device manager. Nothing with errors/warnings.
So...
I had no time and I did a system restore (factory reset) to the laptop.
Installed OpenVPN just after system restore and now works fine.
Thanks for your help anyway.
C:\Program Files\Openvpn\bin\tapctl list
File does not exist.
uragan1987
No TAP on device manager. Nothing with errors/warnings.
So...
I had no time and I did a system restore (factory reset) to the laptop.
Installed OpenVPN just after system restore and now works fine.
Thanks for your help anyway.