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Clarify which Windows versions require which TUN/TAP driver

Signed-off-by: Samuli Seppänen <samuli@openvpn.net>
Acked-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
Message-Id: <1466665610-19289-1-git-send-email-samuli@openvpn.net>
URL: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/11966
Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>

Samuli Seppänen authored on 2016/06/23 16:06:50
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@@ -298,13 +298,13 @@ TUN/TAP Driver Configuration:
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     http://www.whiteboard.ne.jp/~admin2/tuntap/
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-* Windows XP/2003/Vista/7:
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+* Windows
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   OpenVPN on Windows needs a TUN/TAP kernel driver to work. OpenVPN installers
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   include this driver, so installing it separately is not usually required.
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-  The driver source code is available here:
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-    https://github.com/OpenVPN/tap-windows
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+  Windows XP/2003 must use the NDIS 5 (tap-windows) driver, whereas on more
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+  recent Windows versions it is recommended to use the NDIS 6 driver
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+  (tap-windows6) instead.
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