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		platz on April 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Getting Started with WireGuard Do you have to use the wireguard client or could say the VPN stack in Windows be used to connect to a wireguard server?

tjohns on April 7, 2020 | [–]

You have to use the Wireguard client. In that regard it's similar to OpenVPN.

Wireguard uses a custom protocol that isn't supported by Windows' built-in VPN client. Most OSes only natively support IPsec/L2TP or PPTP.

kasey_junk on April 7, 2020 | [–]

Wiregaurd uses its own protocol.

There is a wire guard client for Windows.

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