On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:07:45 +0800, marc racal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > fellow plug-ers, > > i would like to try to setup a secure wireless network setup via vpn. the tool > i'm going to use is openvpn, specifically, ethernet bridging using a linux box > as a server and the client(s) running windows 98. after reading the > documentation, i found out that the openvpn windows client does not support the > 98 version. > > here's the question (also off-topic): is there a way to _fool_ the openvpn > windows client installer that it is being installed in windows 2000/xp using a > 98 version?
AFAICT, and from what I know of the windows architecture... Short answer: You can't, not without great pain. Long answer: The Win9x driver model is significantly different from the 2000/xp model, since they're on two different branches of the windows tree, so to speak. Win9x's predecessor is Win 3.1/DOS, while 2000/XP's predecessor is Win NT (wholly different creature). They have pretty much different innards-- 9x still has 16-bit driver access, and a whole slew of driver compatibility workarounds, while NT/2000/XP uses a purely 32-bit driver interface. So, a driver for 2000/XP (presumably, using the NT driver model) may not work. The other way around, I think, is possible-- Win9x drivers might work on 2000/XP, but not without serious system stability loss. YMMV, and IANA Microsoft Certified -- JM Ibanez http://www.livejournal.com/~jmibanez/ http://www.mycgiserver.com/~butiki/ -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
