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+Virtual Network Adapter (VPN interface)
+---------------------------------------
+
+Options in this section relates to configuration of the virtual tun/tap
+network interface, including setting the VPN IP address and network
+routing.
+
+--bind-dev device
+  (Linux only) Set ``device`` to bind the server socket to a
+  `Virtual Routing and Forwarding`_ device
+
+--block-ipv6
+  On the client, instead of sending IPv6 packets over the VPN tunnel, all
+  IPv6 packets are answered with an ICMPv6 no route host message. On the
+  server, all IPv6 packets from clients are answered with an ICMPv6 no
+  route to host message. This options is intended for cases when IPv6
+  should be blocked and other options are not available. ``--block-ipv6``
+  will use the remote IPv6 as source address of the ICMPv6 packets if set,
+  otherwise will use :code:`fe80::7` as source address.
+
+  For this option to make sense you actually have to route traffic to the
+  tun interface. The following example config block would send all IPv6
+  traffic to OpenVPN and answer all requests with no route to host,
+  effectively blocking IPv6.
+
+  **Client config**
+    ::
+
+       --ifconfig-ipv6 fd15:53b6:dead::2/64 fd15:53b6:dead::1
+       --redirect-gateway ipv6
+       --block-ipv6
+
+  **Server config**
+    Push a "valid" ipv6 config to the client and block on the server
+    ::
+
+       --push "ifconfig-ipv6 fd15:53b6:dead::2/64 fd15:53b6:dead::1"
+       --push "redirect-gateway ipv6"
+       --block-ipv6
+
+--dev device
+  TUN/TAP virtual network device which can be :code:`tunX`, :code:`tapX`,
+  :code:`null` or an arbitrary name string (:code:`X` can be omitted for
+  a dynamic device.)
+
+  See examples section below for an example on setting up a TUN device.
+
+  You must use either tun devices on both ends of the connection or tap
+  devices on both ends. You cannot mix them, as they represent different
+  underlying network layers:
+
+  :code:`tun`
+      devices encapsulate IPv4 or IPv6 (OSI Layer 3)
+
+  :code:`tap`
+      devices encapsulate Ethernet 802.3 (OSI Layer 2).
+
+  Valid syntaxes:
+  ::
+
+     dev tun2
+     dev tap4
+     dev ovpn
+
+  When the device name starts with :code:`tun` or :code:`tap`, the device
+  type is extracted automatically.  Otherwise the ``--dev-type`` option
+  needs to be added as well.
+
+--dev-node node
+  Explicitly set the device node rather than using :code:`/dev/net/tun`,
+  :code:`/dev/tun`, :code:`/dev/tap`, etc. If OpenVPN cannot figure out
+  whether ``node`` is a TUN or TAP device based on the name, you should
+  also specify ``--dev-type tun`` or ``--dev-type tap``.
+
+  Under Mac OS X this option can be used to specify the default tun
+  implementation. Using ``--dev-node utun`` forces usage of the native
+  Darwin tun kernel support. Use ``--dev-node utunN`` to select a specific
+  utun instance. To force using the :code:`tun.kext` (:code:`/dev/tunX`)
+  use ``--dev-node tun``. When not specifying a ``--dev-node`` option
+  openvpn will first try to open utun, and fall back to tun.kext.
+
+  On Windows systems, select the TAP-Win32 adapter which is named ``node``
+  in the Network Connections Control Panel or the raw GUID of the adapter
+  enclosed by braces. The ``--show-adapters`` option under Windows can
+  also be used to enumerate all available TAP-Win32 adapters and will show
+  both the network connections control panel name and the GUID for each
+  TAP-Win32 adapter.
+
+--dev-type device-type
+  Which device type are we using? ``device-type`` should be :code:`tun`
+  (OSI Layer 3) or :code:`tap` (OSI Layer 2). Use this option only if
+  the TUN/TAP device used with ``--dev`` does not begin with :code:`tun`
+  or :code:`tap`.
+
+--dhcp-option args
+  Set additional network settings via DHCP.  On Windows, this is parsed by
+  the ``tap-windows6`` or ``wintun`` driver.  On other platforms these
+  options can be picked up by an ``--up`` script or plug-in if it has been
+  pushed by the OpenVPN server.  The option will then be saved in the
+  client's environment before the ``--up`` script is called, under the name
+  :code:`foreign_option_{n}`.
+
+  Valid syntax:
+  ::
+
+     dhcp-options type [parm]
+
+  :code:`DOMAIN` ``name``
+        Set Connection-specific DNS Suffix to :code:`name`.
+
+  :code:`DNS` ``address``
+        Set primary domain name server IPv4 or IPv6 address.
+        Repeat this option to set secondary DNS server addresses.
+
+        Note: DNS IPv6 servers are currently set using netsh (the existing
+        DHCP code can only do IPv4 DHCP, and that protocol only permits
+        IPv4 addresses anywhere). The option will be put into the
+        environment, so an ``--up`` script could act upon it if needed.
+
+  :code:`WINS` ``address``
+        Set primary WINS server address (NetBIOS over TCP/IP Name Server).
+        Repeat this option to set secondary WINS server addresses.
+
+  :code:`NBDD` ``address``
+        Set primary NBDD server address (NetBIOS over TCP/IP Datagram
+        Distribution Server). Repeat this option to set secondary NBDD
+        server addresses.
+
+  :code:`NTP` ``address``
+        Set primary NTP server address (Network Time Protocol).
+        Repeat this option to set secondary NTP server addresses.
+
+  :code:`NBT` ``type``
+        Set NetBIOS over TCP/IP Node type. Possible options:
+
+        :code:`1`
+              b-node (broadcasts)
+
+        :code:`2`
+              p-node (point-to-point name queries to a WINS server)
+
+        :code:`4`
+              m-node (broadcast then query name server)
+
+        :code:`8`
+              h-node (query name server, then broadcast).
+
+  :code:`NBS` ``scope-id``
+        Set NetBIOS over TCP/IP Scope. A NetBIOS Scope ID provides an
+        extended naming service for the NetBIOS over TCP/IP (Known as NBT)
+        module. The primary purpose of a NetBIOS scope ID is to isolate
+        NetBIOS traffic on a single network to only those nodes with the
+        same NetBIOS scope ID. The NetBIOS scope ID is a character string
+        that is appended to the NetBIOS name. The NetBIOS scope ID on two
+        hosts must match, or the two hosts will not be able to communicate.
+        The NetBIOS Scope ID also allows computers to use the same computer
+        name, as they have different scope IDs. The Scope ID becomes a part
+        of the NetBIOS name, making the name unique. (This description of
+        NetBIOS scopes courtesy of NeonSurge@abyss.com)
+
+  :code:`DISABLE-NBT`
+        Disable Netbios-over-TCP/IP.
+
+--ifconfig args
+  Set TUN/TAP adapter parameters. It requires the *IP address* of the local
+  VPN endpoint. For TUN devices in point-to-point mode, the next argument
+  must be the VPN IP address of the remote VPN endpoint. For TAP devices,
+  or TUN devices used with ``--topology subnet``, the second argument
+  is the subnet mask of the virtual network segment which is being created
+  or connected to.
+
+  For TUN devices, which facilitate virtual point-to-point IP connections
+  (when used in ``--topology net30`` or ``p2p`` mode), the proper usage of
+  ``--ifconfig`` is to use two private IP addresses which are not a member
+  of any existing subnet which is in use. The IP addresses may be
+  consecutive and should have their order reversed on the remote peer.
+  After the VPN is established, by pinging ``rn``, you will be pinging
+  across the VPN.
+
+  For TAP devices, which provide the ability to create virtual ethernet
+  segments, or TUN devices in ``--topology subnet`` mode (which create
+  virtual "multipoint networks"), ``--ifconfig`` is used to set an IP
+  address and subnet mask just as a physical ethernet adapter would be
+  similarly configured. If you are attempting to connect to a remote
+  ethernet bridge, the IP address and subnet should be set to values which
+  would be valid on the the bridged ethernet segment (note also that DHCP
+  can be used for the same purpose).
+
+  This option, while primarily a proxy for the ``ifconfig``\(8) command,
+  is designed to simplify TUN/TAP tunnel configuration by providing a
+  standard interface to the different ifconfig implementations on
+  different platforms.
+
+  ``--ifconfig`` parameters which are IP addresses can also be specified
+  as a DNS or /etc/hosts file resolvable name.
+
+  For TAP devices, ``--ifconfig`` should not be used if the TAP interface
+  will be getting an IP address lease from a DHCP server.
+
+  Examples:
+  ::
+
+     # tun device in net30/p2p mode
+     ifconfig 10.8.0.2 10.8.0.1
+
+     # tun/tap device in subnet mode
+     ifconfig 10.8.0.2 255.255.255.0
+
+--ifconfig-ipv6 args
+  Configure an IPv6 address on the *tun* device.
+
+  Valid syntax:
+  ::
+
+     ifconfig-ipv6 ipv6addr/bits [ipv6remote]
+
+  The ``ipv6addr/bits`` argument is the IPv6 address to use. The
+  second parameter is used as route target for ``--route-ipv6`` if no
+  gateway is specified.
+
+  The ``--topology`` option has no influence with ``--ifconfig-ipv6``
+
+--ifconfig-noexec
+  Don't actually execute ifconfig/netsh commands, instead pass
+  ``--ifconfig`` parameters to scripts using environmental variables.
+
+--ifconfig-nowarn
+  Don't output an options consistency check warning if the ``--ifconfig``
+  option on this side of the connection doesn't match the remote side.
+  This is useful when you want to retain the overall benefits of the
+  options consistency check (also see ``--disable-occ`` option) while only
+  disabling the ifconfig component of the check.
+
+  For example, if you have a configuration where the local host uses
+  ``--ifconfig`` but the remote host does not, use ``--ifconfig-nowarn``
+  on the local host.
+
+  This option will also silence warnings about potential address conflicts
+  which occasionally annoy more experienced users by triggering "false
+  positive" warnings.
+
+--lladdr address
+  Specify the link layer address, more commonly known as the MAC address.
+  Only applied to TAP devices.
+
+--persist-tun
+  Don't close and reopen TUN/TAP device or run up/down scripts across
+  :code:`SIGUSR1` or ``--ping-restart`` restarts.
+
+  :code:`SIGUSR1` is a restart signal similar to :code:`SIGHUP`, but which
+  offers finer-grained control over reset options.
+
+--redirect-gateway flags
+  Automatically execute routing commands to cause all outgoing IP traffic
+  to be redirected over the VPN. This is a client-side option.
+
+  This option performs three steps:
+
+  (1)  Create a static route for the ``--remote`` address which
+       forwards to the pre-existing default gateway. This is done so that
+       ``(3)`` will not create a routing loop.
+
+  (2)  Delete the default gateway route.
+
+  (3)  Set the new default gateway to be the VPN endpoint address
+       (derived either from ``--route-gateway`` or the second parameter to
+       ``--ifconfig`` when ``--dev tun`` is specified).
+
+  When the tunnel is torn down, all of the above steps are reversed so
+  that the original default route is restored.
+
+  Option flags:
+
+  :code:`local`
+      Add the :code:`local` flag if both OpenVPN peers are directly
+      connected via a common subnet, such as with wireless. The
+      :code:`local` flag will cause step ``(1)`` above to be omitted.
+
+  :code:`autolocal`
+      Try to automatically determine whether to enable :code:`local`
+      flag above.
+
+  :code:`def1`
+      Use this flag to override the default gateway by using
+      :code:`0.0.0.0/1` and :code:`128.0.0.0/1` rather than
+      :code:`0.0.0.0/0`. This has the benefit of overriding but not
+      wiping out the original default gateway.
+
+  :code:`bypass-dhcp`
+      Add a direct route to the DHCP server (if it is non-local) which
+      bypasses the tunnel (Available on Windows clients, may not be
+      available on non-Windows clients).
+
+  :code:`bypass-dns`
+      Add a direct route to the DNS server(s) (if they are non-local)
+      which bypasses the tunnel (Available on Windows clients, may
+      not be available on non-Windows clients).
+
+  :code:`block-local`
+      Block access to local LAN when the tunnel is active, except for
+      the LAN gateway itself. This is accomplished by routing the local
+      LAN (except for the LAN gateway address) into the tunnel.
+
+  :code:`ipv6`
+      Redirect IPv6 routing into the tunnel. This works similar to
+      the :code:`def1` flag, that is, more specific IPv6 routes are added
+      (:code:`2000::/4`, :code:`3000::/4`), covering the whole IPv6
+      unicast space.
+
+  :code:`!ipv4`
+      Do not redirect IPv4 traffic - typically used in the flag pair
+      :code:`ipv6 !ipv4` to redirect IPv6-only.
+
+--redirect-private flags
+  Like ``--redirect-gateway``, but omit actually changing the default gateway.
+  Useful when pushing private subnets.
+
+--route args
+  Add route to routing table after connection is established. Multiple
+  routes can be specified. Routes will be automatically torn down in
+  reverse order prior to TUN/TAP device close.
+
+  Valid syntaxes:
+  ::
+
+      route network/IP
+      route network/IP netmask
+      route network/IP netmask gateway
+      route network/IP netmask gateway metric
+
+  This option is intended as a convenience proxy for the ``route``\(8)
+  shell command, while at the same time providing portable semantics
+  across OpenVPN's platform space.
+
+  ``netmask``
+        defaults to :code:`255.255.255.255` when not given
+
+  ``gateway``
+        default taken from ``--route-gateway`` or the second
+        parameter to ``--ifconfig`` when ``--dev tun`` is specified.
+
+  ``metric``
+        default taken from ``--route-metric`` if set, otherwise :code:`0`.
+
+  The default can be specified by leaving an option blank or setting it to
+  :code:`default`.
+
+  The ``network`` and ``gateway`` parameters can also be specified as a
+  DNS or :code:`/etc/hosts` file resolvable name, or as one of three special
+  keywords:
+
+  :code:`vpn_gateway`
+      The remote VPN endpoint address (derived either from
+      ``--route-gateway`` or the second parameter to ``--ifconfig``
+      when ``--dev tun`` is specified).
+
+  :code:`net_gateway`
+      The pre-existing IP default gateway, read from the
+      routing table (not supported on all OSes).
+
+  :code:`remote_host`
+      The ``--remote`` address if OpenVPN is being run in
+      client mode, and is undefined in server mode.
+
+--route-delay args
+  Valid syntaxes:
+  ::
+
+       route-delay
+       route-delay n
+       route-delay n m
+
+  Delay ``n`` seconds (default :code:`0`) after connection establishment,
+  before adding routes. If ``n`` is :code:`0`, routes will be added
+  immediately upon connection establishment. If ``--route-delay`` is
+  omitted, routes will be added immediately after TUN/TAP device open and
+  ``--up`` script execution, before any ``--user`` or ``--group`` privilege
+  downgrade (or ``--chroot`` execution.)
+
+  This option is designed to be useful in scenarios where DHCP is used to
+  set tap adapter addresses. The delay will give the DHCP handshake time
+  to complete before routes are added.
+
+  On Windows, ``--route-delay`` tries to be more intelligent by waiting
+  ``w`` seconds (default :code:`30` by default) for the TAP-Win32 adapter
+  to come up before adding routes.
+
+--route-ipv6 args
+  Setup IPv6 routing in the system to send the specified IPv6 network into
+  OpenVPN's *tun*.
+
+  Valid syntax:
+  ::
+
+     route-ipv6 ipv6addr/bits [gateway] [metric]
+
+  The gateway parameter is only used for IPv6 routes across *tap* devices,
+  and if missing, the ``ipv6remote`` field from ``--ifconfig-ipv6`` or
+  ``--route-ipv6-gateway`` is used.
+
+--route-gateway arg
+  Specify a default *gateway* for use with ``--route``.
+
+  If :code:`dhcp` is specified as the parameter, the gateway address will
+  be extracted from a DHCP negotiation with the OpenVPN server-side LAN.
+
+  Valid syntaxes:
+  ::
+
+      route-gateway gateway
+      route-gateway dhcp
+
+--route-ipv6-gateway gw
+  Specify a default gateway ``gw`` for use with ``--route-ipv6``.
+
+--route-metric m
+  Specify a default metric ``m`` for use with ``--route``.
+
+--route-noexec
+  Don't add or remove routes automatically. Instead pass routes to
+  ``--route-up`` script using environmental variables.
+
+--route-nopull
+  When used with ``--client`` or ``--pull``, accept options pushed by
+  server EXCEPT for routes, block-outside-dns and dhcp options like DNS
+  servers.
+
+  When used on the client, this option effectively bars the server from
+  adding routes to the client's routing table, however note that this
+  option still allows the server to set the TCP/IP properties of the
+  client's TUN/TAP interface.
+
+--topology mode
+  Configure virtual addressing topology when running in ``--dev tun``
+  mode. This directive has no meaning in ``--dev tap`` mode, which always
+  uses a :code:`subnet` topology.
+
+  If you set this directive on the server, the ``--server`` and
+  ``--server-bridge`` directives will automatically push your chosen
+  topology setting to clients as well. This directive can also be manually
+  pushed to clients. Like the ``--dev`` directive, this directive must
+  always be compatible between client and server.
+
+  ``mode`` can be one of:
+
+  :code:`net30`
+    Use a point-to-point topology, by allocating one /30 subnet
+    per client. This is designed to allow point-to-point semantics when some
+    or all of the connecting clients might be Windows systems. This is the
+    default on OpenVPN 2.0.
+
+  :code:`p2p`
+    Use a point-to-point topology where the remote endpoint of
+    the client's tun interface always points to the local endpoint of the
+    server's tun interface. This mode allocates a single IP address per
+    connecting client. Only use when none of the connecting clients are
+    Windows systems.
+
+  :code:`subnet`
+    Use a subnet rather than a point-to-point topology by
+    configuring the tun interface with a local IP address and subnet mask,
+    similar to the topology used in ``--dev tap`` and ethernet bridging
+    mode. This mode allocates a single IP address per connecting client and
+    works on Windows as well. Only available when server and clients are
+    OpenVPN 2.1 or higher, or OpenVPN 2.0.x which has been manually patched
+    with the ``--topology`` directive code. When used on Windows, requires
+    version 8.2 or higher of the TAP-Win32 driver. When used on \*nix,
+    requires that the tun driver supports an ``ifconfig``\(8) command which
+    sets a subnet instead of a remote endpoint IP address.
+
+  *Note:* Using ``--topology subnet`` changes the interpretation of the
+  arguments of ``--ifconfig`` to mean "address netmask", no longer "local
+  remote".
+
+--tun-mtu n
+  Take the TUN device MTU to be **n** and derive the link MTU from it
+  (default :code:`1500`). In most cases, you will probably want to leave
+  this parameter set to its default value.
+
+  The MTU (Maximum Transmission Units) is the maximum datagram size in
+  bytes that can be sent unfragmented over a particular network path.
+  OpenVPN requires that packets on the control and data channels be sent
+  unfragmented.
+
+  MTU problems often manifest themselves as connections which hang during
+  periods of active usage.
+
+  It's best to use the ``--fragment`` and/or ``--mssfix`` options to deal
+  with MTU sizing issues.
+
+--tun-mtu-extra n
+  Assume that the TUN/TAP device might return as many as ``n`` bytes more
+  than the ``--tun-mtu`` size on read. This parameter defaults to 0, which
+  is sufficient for most TUN devices. TAP devices may introduce additional
+  overhead in excess of the MTU size, and a setting of 32 is the default
+  when TAP devices are used. This parameter only controls internal OpenVPN
+  buffer sizing, so there is no transmission overhead associated with
+  using a larger value.
+
+
+TUN/TAP standalone operations
+-----------------------------
+These two standalone operations will require ``--dev`` and optionally
+``--user`` and/or ``--group``.
+
+--mktun
+  (Standalone) Create a persistent tunnel on platforms which support them
+  such as Linux. Normally TUN/TAP tunnels exist only for the period of
+  time that an application has them open. This option takes advantage of
+  the TUN/TAP driver's ability to build persistent tunnels that live
+  through multiple instantiations of OpenVPN and die only when they are
+  deleted or the machine is rebooted.
+
+  One of the advantages of persistent tunnels is that they eliminate the
+  need for separate ``--up`` and ``--down`` scripts to run the appropriate
+  ``ifconfig``\(8) and ``route``\(8) commands. These commands can be
+  placed in the the same shell script which starts or terminates an
+  OpenVPN session.
+
+  Another advantage is that open connections through the TUN/TAP-based
+  tunnel will not be reset if the OpenVPN peer restarts. This can be
+  useful to provide uninterrupted connectivity through the tunnel in the
+  event of a DHCP reset of the peer's public IP address (see the
+  ``--ipchange`` option above).
+
+  One disadvantage of persistent tunnels is that it is harder to
+  automatically configure their MTU value (see ``--link-mtu`` and
+  ``--tun-mtu`` above).
+
+  On some platforms such as Windows, TAP-Win32 tunnels are persistent by
+  default.
+
+--rmtun
+  (Standalone) Remove a persistent tunnel.