I would try deleting your current win32 tap adapter from the device manager, and re-installing it through the "add tap" batch file in the tinc directory.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Dayal Ramachandran <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dayal.ramachandran@gmail.com">dayal.ramachandran@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">yes, i renamed it from the network connections.<br>
this is my tinc.conf.<br>
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Name = dmachine<br>
Connectto = VASU<br>
Interface = tinc<br>
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<br>
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Donald Pearson<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><<a href="mailto:donaldwhpearson@gmail.com">donaldwhpearson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> have you named the tap interface to tinc under the network connections area<br>
> of the control panel?<br>
><br>
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Dayal Ramachandran<br>
> <<a href="mailto:dayal.ramachandran@gmail.com">dayal.ramachandran@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> thanks for the help.<br>
>> i tried it .the debug message is<br>
>> " < some numbers >(tinc) is not a usable windows tap device: the<br>
>> system cannot find the file specified.terminating"<br>
>> the tap interface i used was named tinc. im using windows xp sp3.<br>
>> what could the problem be.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Donald Pearson<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:donaldwhpearson@gmail.com">donaldwhpearson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > run;<br>
>> > tincd -n test -d5 -D<br>
>> ><br>
>> > this will just run tinc from the command prompt, and you'll be able to<br>
>> > see<br>
>> > what any errors are.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Dayal Ramachandran<br>
>> > <<a href="mailto:dayal.ramachandran@gmail.com">dayal.ramachandran@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> hi<br>
>> >> im a newbie to networking and vpns.so plz pardon my mistakes.<br>
>> >> i installed tinc 1.0.9 and followed the tinc setup instructions as in<br>
>> >> the tinc-windows example.<br>
>> >> after i hav started the tinc service with tincd -n command the service<br>
>> >> starts and then stops abrupty giving the message<br>
>> >> " the tinc.test service on the local computer has started and then<br>
>> >> stopped.Some services stop automatically if they hav no work to do for<br>
>> >> example the performance logs and alerts"<br>
>> >> when i try to restart the service it gives the same msg and stops.<br>
>> >> could anyone plz help me.<br>
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