Answer by user218267 for Should I use tap or tun for openvpn?
I usually default to TUN as having it in it's own subnet is better for a variety of reasons, among which firewalling, and OpenVPN basicly works out of the box like this.TAP has several advantages...
View ArticleAnswer by user541686 for Should I use tap or tun for openvpn?
Because I find simple advice hard to come by:You can use TUN if you just use the VPN to connect to the internet.You need to use TAP if you want to connect to the actual remote network (printers, remote...
View ArticleAnswer by Vincent for Should I use tap or tun for openvpn?
Setting up TAP requires almost no additional work from the person setting it up.Of course if you know how to setup TUN but don't understand what you're doing and simply following a tun tutorial, you...
View ArticleAnswer by oldbaritone for Should I use tap or tun for openvpn?
My "rules of thumb"TUN - if you ONLY need access to resources connected directly to the OpenVPN server machine at the other end, and there are no Windows issues. A little creativity here can help, by...
View ArticleAnswer by Steve for Should I use tap or tun for openvpn?
I had this same question years ago and attempted to explain it in straightforward terms (which I personally found lacking in other resources) on my blog:An OpenVPN PrimerHope it helps someone
View ArticleAnswer by Siegfried Löffler for Should I use tap or tun for openvpn?
If you plan to connect mobile ( iOS or Android ) devices using OpenVPN, then you should use TUN as currently TAP is not supported by OpenVPN on them: TAP drawbacks: ..... can not be used with Android...
View ArticleAnswer by Regnald Thorington for Should I use tap or tun for openvpn?
If then, why what, how much have you got? I would utilize TAP, explicitly for the reason that the layering of the packets proceeds with much less latency and loss of transmission which is abated with...
View ArticleAnswer by Brandon Rhodes for Should I use tap or tun for openvpn?
I chose "tap" when setting up a VPN for a friend who owned a small business because his office uses a tangle of Windows machines, commercial printers, and a Samba file server. Some of them use pure...
View ArticleAnswer by Mikeage for Should I use tap or tun for openvpn?
I started out using tun, but switched to tap since I didn't like the use of a /30 subnet for each PC (I need to support Windows). I found that to be wasteful and confusing.Then I discovered the...
View ArticleAnswer by jtimberman for Should I use tap or tun for openvpn?
I always set up tun. Tap is used by ethernet bridging in OpenVPN and introduces an unprecendented level of complexity that is simply not worth bothering with. Usually when a VPN needs to be installed,...
View ArticleAnswer by pQd for Should I use tap or tun for openvpn?
if it's ok to create vpn on layer 3 (one more hop between subnets) - go for tun.if you need to bridge two ethernet segments in two different locations - then use tap. in such setup you can have...
View ArticleShould I use tap or tun for openvpn?
What are the differences between using dev tap and dev tun for openvpn? I know the different modes cannot inter-operate. What is the technical differences, other then just layer 2 vs 3 operation. Are...
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