Prebuilt Binary Location?

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Prebuilt Binary Location?

duaneellissd opened this issue 4 years ago · comments

I am confused about a few things.

A number of the openvpn web pages seem point to "prebuilts" for this package - I can't seem to find one named "tap-windows6.exe"

For example: https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/GettingTapWindows
I do see for example "tap-windows-.exe" but not the 6 version.

My question is - where is the latest "offical signed released" driver located?

Note: My end goal is to use just the "tap" driver with an different application, not "openvpn"

If the answer/solution is - I must install the entire openvpn package... because it contains the driver and that is the only solution - please let me know.

TinCanTech · Answer 1 · Thu Mar 19 2020 02:33:26 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Please see: https://build.openvpn.net/downloads/releases/

duaneellissd · Answer 2 · Thu Mar 19 2020 02:53:32 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

That is exactly where I looked - I specifically see: tap-windows-9.24.2-I601-Win10.exe

Which is NOT tap-windows6 - it is I believe the older solution, NDIS5 not NDIS6

And I believe if I am getting started with something I should be using tap-windows6-.

Do I misunderstand?

Samuli Seppänen · Answer 3 · Mon Mar 23 2020 16:50:18 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@duaneellissd it is tap-windows6. Tap-windows6 (NDIS 6) code is based on tap-windows (NDIS 5) code and the driver name in Windows is the same. That probably explains the installer was never renamed.

Version 9.9.x are tap-windows (NDIS 5) and everything above 9.20.x are tap-windows6 (NDIS 6).