The Tunngle application is a rather interesting and powerful tool created to bring together Internet users of the World Wide Web who prefer online computer games with real rivals, such as how the championships are held. However, quite often after installing this software package, the program starts to display a message stating that the Tunngle network adapter cannot be initialized. Why this is happening, what is the reason for such failures, how to deal with all this, now it will be considered.
What is a Tunngle program?
It is immediately worth noting that the Tunngle software package itself is quite specific. The fact is that even a standard installation and official registration do not guarantee the normal operation of the application.
And it was created so that users of the World Wide Web can access online games of any genre, using their own Internet connection. Naturally, none of the avid gamers will deny themselves the pleasure of playing with a real opponent. And this program allows you to do all this literally in a couple of clicks (but only if the settings are correct). But sometimes the problem is that the system simply “spits” and reports that it was not possible to initialize the Tunngle network adapter.
What is it, and why the system does not recognize it or does not want to accept the default settings? Let's look at this problem in terms of the most common situations.
How does the installer work?
Firstly, on systems such as Windows 7 and above, you must run the installation file exclusively on behalf of the administrator. Otherwise (even when confirming the system request), the application is very difficult to guarantee. The problem may lie just in the wrong installation.
Secondly, you should not pay attention to the registration that the standard installer offers during the installation process. It is better to initially register on the official resource and confirm the username and password. The following is the standard process of installing and copying files, after which the installer will offer to reboot the system (without this, application activation is impossible).
We will make a reservation right away: an error when it was not possible to initialize the Tunngle network adapter (4-109), most often in the first stage it is connected with separate registration. If this is done, you should either skip this step or enter the correct access information. If you enter user data during the installation process, unfortunately, problems arise. So it is better to enter the necessary data with confirmation initially, using the official resource.
Why does the application create a virtual adapter?
Now let's look at the problem when it is impossible to initialize the Tunngle network adapter (4-109). What to do in this case? Yes, just pay attention to its settings. The fact is that by default the system, as such, simply does not perceive it. Not surprisingly, it is the host through which the connection is made.
This may resemble the principle of music VST plugins in the form of dynamic libraries and virtual drivers such as ASIO4ALL, which virtually work in the same way in virtual terms. In other words, during the installation process, the program creates a network access device, ignoring the "iron" communicator. In principle, it is even placed on top of it. In the access settings, you can only give it priority, be sure to enable virtualization in the BIOS.
Error “Unable to initialize Tunngle network adapter”: possible problems
Typical errors are considered to be: incorrect installation, lack of updating the system and device drivers, incorrect settings of the network and router without port forwarding, blocking from the "native" and such an unloved Windows firewall, and even worse - an anti-virus scanner. But you never know what.
The easiest way to fix the problem.
At this stage, we begin to practical solution of the problem when an error or failure occurs due to the fact that the system was unable to initialize the Tunngle network adapter (4-109 - error code). It is quite simple after restarting the installation process and integrating the application into the system to restart the computer or laptop. But, however, in the automatic mode of subsequent activation and configuration, operability is not guaranteed. And that's why.
Correct installation
Installation is far from all that needs to be taken into account. Registration also plays a significant role. The problem here is that the server itself does not accept passwords that are initially crackable, such as “123456789”. This approach is primarily associated with the applied 256-bit encryption system.
Therefore, when registering, be careful - you will have to enter letters, numbers, and intermediate characters, which will ensure the reliability and safety of the created account.
Ports
What is most sad, the program after installation does not set the parameters of the same IPv4 protocol in its own way. The system, in principle, does not allow the program to register its parameters in the Internet connection settings. You can, of course, try to register a port like 6000, although you should not count on it.
It is better to look at the application interface, where in the upper panel you can find the default port that is not used by the system. If the port is enabled, the address will be indicated in red. However, you can change its parameter in the program, in the network connection settings , in the data of the router or any other router is completely elementary.
Exceptions
Another point related to the fact that the system was unable to initialize the Tunngle Windows XP network adapter. For example, this may concern a toughened system for filtering incoming data with an antivirus or a standard firewall of Windows itself.
This dual approach to security seems extremely far-fetched. However, if the system reports that it was not possible to initialize the Tunngle network adapter, at the “post-installation” stage you can add the application itself and the ports used to access the main game servers to the so-called exclusion list. In other words, that firewall, that anti-virus scanner will ignore this connection.
Particularly worth paying attention to software packages such as those that involve cleaning and protecting the system from the threats of Malware, Adware or Spyware.
Error 4-109 (“Failed to initialize Tunngle network adapter”): what to do first?
Taking as an example all of the above, you should immediately pay attention to removing all kinds of optimizer programs that seem to clean the system and shorten the connection, but actually only slow down by loading their own modules into RAM and mercilessly using disk space resources in the form virtual memory (swap file).
Next, you must remove the old version of Tunngle, if one has been installed, and then download the latest update, but not lower than version 5.6, install the application again, following the recommendations above.
What does the TCP / IP protocol have to do with it?
But that is not all. The main problem when the system cannot initialize the Tunngle network adapter is that in the settings of the IPv4 or v6 protocols, if such technology is supported by the provider, the main parameters are incorrectly set. And this concerns not internal and external IP addresses, but DNS servers.
In the settings of the virtual adapter, you must set the “checkbox” opposite the automatic metric field. And the saddest thing is that almost no one knows these parameters.
But, as it turns out, everything is simple. If the user suddenly sees a message or notification to the system that the Tunngle network adapter could not be initialized, do not get upset.
Perhaps the system itself, its updates, or device drivers installed in it do not meet the requirements of the program. It is enough to install the latest updates for the system (as a rule, these are KB series packages for the security system), as well as use non-standard means of updating device drivers.
For these purposes, it is better to use specialized programs like Driver Booster latest version. The update will be performed completely in automatic mode, and for all devices simultaneously (and this is important, since the application itself addresses not only video or audio equipment or is trying to access the use of software codecs and decoders).
What else do you need to pay attention to?
Note, sometimes the problem when the system was unable to initialize the Tunngle network adapter may not even be related to it, because it is, in fact, a virtual and not an “iron” device.
Here you should use the built-in or non-standard diagnostic tools that can determine the virtual devices working in the system by the type of scanning music plug-ins of the VST standard.
Now it’s pointless to dwell on them in detail. But if the system still writes that it was not possible to initialize the Tunngle network adapter, you should look at the configuration of the gaming PC (you never know, the processor is not the same, there is not enough memory) or set some overestimated parameters that contribute to overclocking the same processor in the BIOS, or do it manually. But! Without special knowledge on this subject, this can only be done according to one’s own conviction, since even the most knowledgeable experts do not guarantee that the system will then be able to work normally (and whether at all).