EDDIE fails to install VPN adaptor

[Lestrad 0]

Hello. Since I reinstalled Windows 7 I have not been able to get Eddie to work. The GUI appears and I click connect and it asks me if I want to install a driver (tapctl.exe). I click yes, then a command window pops up and then disappears, and then I get a message "VPN network adaptor not found; install fail." This happens again, over and over again.
If I look at the tapctl.exe certificate I see something about the timestamp being malformed. I was able to get Eddie to install once by holding down the F8 key (which disables driver signature enforcement), but that doesn't work anymore.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have tried several different installers, including the one that uses wintun. I can provide any needed info.

Thanks
GP

[Flx 77]

  On 7/5/2020 at 8:46 AM, Lestrad said:

I have tried several different installers, including the one that uses wintun. I can provide any needed info.

Try to install it separately. Open a cmd.exe Run-as Admin window.
cd \
cd Program Files
cd OpenVPN
cd bin
tapctl.exe create --hwid wintun Edited 07/06/2020 by Flx
mistype %userprofile%

[Lestrad 0]

Hi and thanks. I've reinstalled eddie-ui_2.18.9_windows-7_x64_installer.exe.
I don't have a Program Files directory under my User directory. In C:\Windows\Program Files I have an AirVPN directory and an OpenVPN directory. The OpenVPN directory has a /bin subdirectory, but there's only one file in it - libopenvpnmsica.dll.
If I run your command in Program Files\AirVPN as admin I get:

C:\Program Files\AirVPN>tapctl.exe create --hwid wintun
{1F4D19F3-DD9D-402D-B47C-6901E047FB86}

But the same thing happens: Eddie starts, runs all the latency tests, then throws a dialog saying "Installing tunnel driver 0901" and asking if I want to allow "C:\Program Files\AirVPN\tapctl.exe" create --hwid root\tap901. I click yes and get a command window for about a half-second with an output that looks like the one I got when I ran your command manually. If I manually run the same command Eddie is running, I get this:

C:\Program Files\AirVPN>tapctl.exe create --hwid root\tap901
tap_create_interface: No driver for device "root\tap901" installed.
Creating TUN/TAP interface failed (error 0x490).

Any ideas? TIA
Les

[Flx 77]

  On 7/6/2020 at 5:40 AM, Lestrad said:

Any ideas?

Staff may be able to help out or other members that "encountered" this sort of "error".

[Lestrad 0]

I was able to install tap-windows.exe from a configuration I downloaded from the AirVPN site this morning. But when trying to run from the command line
I get the error:

Mon Jul 06 09:18:54 2020 CreateFile failed on TAP device: \\.\Global\{A877603D-01BB-4408-B695-B68F54676651}.tap
Mon Jul 06 09:18:54 2020 All TAP-Windows adapters on this system are currently in use.

When I look at the driver in Device Manager I see:

[Staff 10116]

Hello!

You might like to test wintun driver. It is available for Windows 7 too, it resolves a plethora of problems caused by the TAP driver, and boosts performance. We have prepared a step by step guide in the how to forum, direct link:
https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/46535-how-to-use-wintun-driver-in-windows/

Kind regards
 

[Lestrad 0]

I managed to get the TAP V9 adaptor installed with this installer: https://swupdate.openvpn.org/community/releases/tap-windows-9.21.2.exe

Now when I try to connect via the OpenVPN GUI, connection fails with this error:

Mon Jul 06 12:11:04 2020 NETSH: C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe interface ipv6 set address interface=26 fde6:7a:7d20:bd0::108e store=active
Mon Jul 06 12:11:05 2020 ERROR: netsh command failed: returned error code 1

Log attached.

  On 7/6/2020 at 8:28 AM, Staff said:

it resolves a plethora of problems caused by the TAP driver,

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[Staff 10116]

@Lestrad

Hello,

possible lack of privileges, please check
 

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Mon Jul 06 12:11:03 2020 NOTE: FlushIpNetTable failed on interface [26] Access is denied.   (status=5) : Access is denied. 

Also check IPv6 support. If you don't have it make sure to not use directives push-peer-info and setenv UV_IPV6=yes

If in doubt use OpenVPN 2.5 from Eddie and take care to set IPv6 layer to Block in Preferences > Networking

Kind regards
 

[Lestrad 0]

I was able to connect finally after installing the TAP driver from the link I gave above and made two changes to my config file:
push-peer-info : delete
setenv UV_IPV6 yes: change to "no"

[Lestrad 0]

... However, now that I am connected to a server in Austria, the first "Where is my IP" site I tried reported my exact location. So as far as I am concerned something is still not right at all.

[Staff 10116]

@Lestrad

Maybe you have not resolved the first problem we pointed out? Anyway without log nothing can be said for sure. Always attach log.

Kind regards
 

[Lestrad 0]

Thanks. To be precise, the site https://whatismycountry.com/ finds my exact location. Other "where is my IP" sites, show Austria, which is as it should be.
Log attached.

I feel that I should inform you that I have been exchanging with you via e-mail on this problem. When you answered my question on this forum I naturally responded. ou may prefer one or the other. If so let me know.

In any case thanks for your responsiveness.

UPDATE:

I cleared all my browser data and re-started Firefox, and now https://whatismycountry.com/ finds my location as Austria.

Thanks for your patience. All is well for the moment.

 

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Edited 07/06/2020 by Lestrad
Progress was made.

[Staff 10116]

@Lestrad

Excellent! We're glad to know that the issue has been sorted out.

Kind regards