[tinc-1.0.19.tar.gz](/packages/tinc-1.0.19.tar.gz)
([sig](/packages/tinc-1.0.19.tar.gz.sig))
<tr><td>**Packages**<td>
-[Windows XP/Vista/7](/packages/windows/tinc-1.0.19-install.exe)
+[Windows XP/Vista/7/8](/packages/windows/tinc-1.0.19-install.exe)
</table>
### Latest pre-release from the 1.1 branch
[tinc-1.1pre5.tar.gz](/packages/tinc-1.1pre5.tar.gz)
([sig](/packages/tinc-1.1pre5.tar.gz.sig))
<tr><td>**Packages**<td>
-[Windows XP/Vista/7](/packages/windows/tinc-1.1pre5-install.exe)
+[Windows XP/Vista/7/8](/packages/windows/tinc-1.1pre5-install.exe)
</table>
### Distributions providing tinc
[tinc-1.1pre4.tar.gz](/packages/tinc-1.1pre4.tar.gz)
([sig](/packages/tinc-1.1pre4.tar.gz.sig))
<tr><td>**Packages**<td>
-[Windows XP/Vista/7](/packages/windows/tinc-1.1pre4-install.exe)
+[Windows XP/Vista/7/8](/packages/windows/tinc-1.1pre4-install.exe)
</table>
<a name="1.1pre3"></a><table>
[tinc-1.1pre3.tar.gz](/packages/tinc-1.1pre3.tar.gz)
([sig](/packages/tinc-1.1pre3.tar.gz.sig))
<tr><td>**Packages**<td>
-[Windows XP/Vista/7](/packages/windows/tinc-1.1pre3-install.exe)
+[Windows XP/Vista/7/8](/packages/windows/tinc-1.1pre3-install.exe)
<tr><td>**Remarks**<td>
The Windows binary fails to read packets from the TAP adapter.
</table>
-[[!meta title="installing tinc on Windows 2000/XP"]]
+[[!meta title="installing tinc on Windows 2000/XP/7/8"]]
-## Example: installing tinc on Windows 2000/XP
+## Example: installing tinc on Windows 2000/XP/7/8
-This example shows how to install and configure tinc on Windows 2000 or XP. It
+This example shows how to install and configure tinc on Windows 2000, XP, 7 or 8. It
is not a HOWTO, it is recommended that you read the manual as well.
[[!toc levels=2]]
- Tunnels over UDP for high efficiency
- Scalable to many sites
- Supports bridging multiple ethernet segments
-- Runs on many UNIX platforms (Linux, Net/Free/OpenBSD, Solaris, MacOS/X) as well as Windows (2000, XP)
+- Runs on many UNIX platforms (Linux, Net/Free/OpenBSD, Solaris, MacOS/X) as well as Windows (2000, XP, 7, 8)
<dt><b>Runs on many operating systems and supports IPv6</b></dt>
<dd>Currently Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, MacOS/X, Solaris,
-Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7 platforms are supported. See our section about
+Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7 and 8 platforms are supported. See our section about
<a href="/platforms">supported platforms</a> for more information about the
state of the ports. tinc has also full support for IPv6, providing
both the possibility of tunneling IPv6 traffic over its tunnels and
| DragonFlyBSD | all | |
| Darwin (MacOS/X) | powerpc, i386, x86\_64 | See the [[tinc manual|docs]] for requirements. |
| Windows (Cygwin) | i386, x86\_64 with tap64 driver | Runs in a Cygwin environment. |
-| Windows (MinGW) | i386, x86\_64 with tap64 driver | Runs natively under Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7. May need an updated TAP-Win32 driver to work. |
+| Windows (MinGW) | i386, x86\_64 with tap64 driver | Runs natively under Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7 and 8. |
Since tinc doesn't require a lot of memory, it will also run on embedded devices such as ADSL routers, wireless access points and NAS devices if they support one of the operating systems mentioned above.