On 25/04/2017 15:29, Samuli Seppänen wrote:
> On 25/04/2017 15:11, debbie10t wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 25/04/17 01:18, debbie10t wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> generally, Openvpn on Windows is dependent on the "Windows DHCP Client
>>> service" .. if that Service is not started, is it possible for Openvpn
>>> to report a *specific* log message that: _DHCP_ has failed to assign an
>>> IP address to TAP Adapter ?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>
>> Looking closer at the log, it turns out there is a specific message:
>>
>> .. Initialization Sequence Completed With Errors
>>     ( See http://openvpn.net/faq.html#dhcpclientserv )
>>
>> The link [eventually] leads to this:
>> https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/259-tap-win32-adapter-is-not-coming-up-initialization-sequence-completed-with-errors
>>
>> which is sufficient.
>> Thanks
> 
> While the #dhcpclientserv anchor is definitely in the right place,
> perhaps usability could be improved somewhat.
> 
> One simple option would be to make the anchor visible, so that the user sees
> 
> TAP-Win32 adapter is not coming up: "Initialization sequence completed
> with errors". [#dhcpclientserv]
> 
> instead of
> 
> TAP-Win32 adapter is not coming up: "Initialization sequence completed
> with errors".
> 
> Thoughts?

So I made the anchor visible:

<https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/FAQ>

Not necessarily very pretty, but should help users figure out which FAQ
item they should click on.

-- 
Samuli Seppänen
Community Manager
OpenVPN Technologies, Inc

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