Re: [coLinux-users] Lost TAP adapter after upgrade to Server 2008

[Henry N. <hen...@ar...>]

Hello Paul,

plese use only the command line tool.
Remove the current tap driver,
Reboot windows
Run the regedit and search for all TAP-Win32 entries and remove them
all. Reboot Windows again.

Than install the tap-win32 from command line via
    tapcontrol.exe install OemWin2k.inf TAP0801co
and check the driver with
    tapcontrol.exe hwids TAP0801co

Be shure, that you are Administrator for this step. A member of
Admin-Group is not enouth. Run the cmd.exe with "Run as ... Admin".

Don't warry about connection state.

Remember, that you should see a Warning about "not signed" driver.
If not, then you have maybe disable to install any non signed drivers?

Henry


On 04.06.2011 19:31, Paul Ericson wrote:
> Henry,
>
> Thanks for the tip. 
>
> It looks like when I upgraded from Server 2K3 and 2K8 that the upgrade
> process just destroyed my TAP-Win32 adapter.
>
> First I tried installing the TAP-Win32 driver manually using the
> device manager. This created the TAP-Win32 adapter in Windows, but
> said it was "disconnected" in the network control panel. I tried
> setting the "Media Status" to "Always Connected", which changed the
> status to "Limited Connectivity", but I don't think this is the same
> thing as "Host-only" operation.
>
> I then tried turning on MS's Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), but it
> failed with no useful error message. I think the problem is that I'm
> not able to get the TAP-Win32 adapter into Host-only mode and Windows
> doesn't think the interface is properly connected to anything.
>
> I removed that TAP-Win32 interface with the device manager.
>
> Then I downloaded the latest stable coLinux installer and ran that,
> but it never asked me about networking--just told me that I need
> Winpcap for bridged networking--which I don't need.
>
> I then tried turning on MS's Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), but it
> failed with no useful error message. I think the problem is that I'm
> not able to get the TAP-Win32 adapter into Host-only mode.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Henry Nestler wrote:
>
>     Hello Paul,
>
>     On 04.06.2011 01:39, Paul Ericson wrote:
>     > Anyone seen this?
>     >
>     > What's the best solution?
>     >
>     > I figure its either a hidden adapter and could be unhidden or
>     I've got
>     > to re-install the TAP adapter.
>     >
>     > This is 32-bit BTW.
>
>     Try the command line tool in directory "netdriver".
>
>     A good help will find in the Wiki:
>     http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/TAP-Win32_driver
>
>     --
>     Henry N.
>