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Re: [Openvpn-users] Using netsh on Windows


  • Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] Using netsh on Windows
  • From: AthlonRob <AthlonRob@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: 03 Sep 2003 14:07:50 -0700

On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 13:19, James Yonan wrote:

> No, only the --ifconfig option on Windows will require the presence of netsh
> (isn't it part of Windows by default on Win2K and XP?).

Ah... perhaps it is, I haven't looked for it yet.  Somehow in my
reading, I got the (mistaken?) impression it was part of some GNU
utilities everybody was installing in Windoze.  :-)

> The other change I'm planning on making on the Windows side is doing an "arp
> -d *" command by default to refresh the MAC cache immediately after TAP-Win32
> device open (the reason for this is discussed in the current
> OpenVPN-on-Windows install notes).  Since some people might not want this,
> there will be a "--no-arp-del" option to disable this behaviour.  But I think
> making it the default is important because the goal is to simplify the
> configuration and eliminate common gotchas for new users.

That sounds good to me.  :-)

Rob


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