[Openvpn-devel] Re: [Openvpn-users] Windows tun driver

2003-09-15 Thread James Yonan
Inode said: > Hi all, > I'm looking on the net for a tunnel driver for windows. Anyone found a > good working driver? I have to user OpenVPN from an OpenBSD and a > Windows, and OpenBSD (native) doesn't support TAP device... Yes, this is a problem. For OpenBSD to talk to Windows over OpenVPN,

[Openvpn-devel] RE: [Openvpn-users] Windows tun driver

2003-09-16 Thread Bert Shuler
James: Are you aware of a Windows tun project? While most windows users may prefer tap, I am interested in the point-to-point nature of the tun device. When setting up many routed connections, it seems that each TAP connection will use 1 ip and waste 2 others. I can also live without broadcast traf

[Openvpn-devel] RE: [Openvpn-users] Windows tun driver

2003-09-16 Thread James Yonan
Bert Shuler said: > James: > Are you aware of a Windows tun project? While most windows users may > prefer tap, I am interested in the point-to-point nature of the tun > device. When setting up many routed connections, it seems that each TAP > connection will use 1 ip and waste 2 others. I can al

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Re: [Openvpn-users] Windows tun driver

2003-09-15 Thread Matthias Andree
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, James Yonan wrote: > Yes, this is a problem. For OpenBSD to talk to Windows over OpenVPN, we need > either a tun driver for Windows or a tap driver for OpenBSD. > > My guess is that the easier and better solution would be to solve the tap on > OpenBSD problem, rather than th

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Re: [Openvpn-users] Windows tun driver

2003-09-16 Thread James Yonan
Matthias Andree said: > On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, James Yonan wrote: > > > Yes, this is a problem. For OpenBSD to talk to Windows over OpenVPN, we > > need > > either a tun driver for Windows or a tap driver for OpenBSD. > > > > My guess is that the easier and better solution would be to solve the

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Re: [Openvpn-users] Windows tun driver

2003-09-16 Thread Matthias Andree
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, James Yonan wrote: > > I'd like to challenge the "better" claim: > > I mean "better" only in the sense of simpler configuration -- i.e. not needing > to set up a WINS server to make cross-subnet browsing work. I agree that tun > is more scalable, secure, etc. After being th

Re: [Openvpn-devel] RE: [Openvpn-users] Windows tun driver

2003-09-17 Thread Matthias Andree
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, James Yonan wrote: > While I do believe that the majority of Windows users will prefer a tap > interface, I say this simply because in my experience _most_ Windows users > prefer the option that is the easiest to configure. Once you stop > automatically routing broadcasts and

Re: [Openvpn-devel] RE: [Openvpn-users] Windows tun driver

2003-09-17 Thread James Yonan
Matthias Andree said: > On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, James Yonan wrote: > > > While I do believe that the majority of Windows users will prefer a tap > > interface, I say this simply because in my experience _most_ Windows users > > prefer the option that is the easiest to configure. Once you stop > >