diff --git a/tun/tun_windows.go b/tun/tun_windows.go
index 6449974..5f4f22a 100644
--- a/tun/tun_windows.go
+++ b/tun/tun_windows.go
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ func CreateTUN(ifname string) (TUNDevice, error) {
 		// Set interface name. (Ignore errors.)
 		wt.SetInterfaceName(ifname)
 	}
+	err = wt.FlushInterface()
+	if err != nil {
+		wt.DeleteInterface(0)
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	signalNameUTF16, err := windows.UTF16PtrFromString(wt.SignalEventName())
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/tun/wintun/wintun_windows.go b/tun/wintun/wintun_windows.go
index 6adbb94..b7d84fa 100644
--- a/tun/wintun/wintun_windows.go
+++ b/tun/wintun/wintun_windows.go
@@ -322,9 +322,18 @@ func (wintun *Wintun) DeleteInterface(hwndParent uintptr) (bool, bool, error) {
 	return false, false, nil
 }
 
-///
-/// checkReboot checks device install parameters if a system reboot is required.
-///
+//
+// FlushInterface removes all properties from the interface and gives it only a very
+// vanilla IPv4 and IPv6 configuration with no addresses of any sort assigned.
+//
+func (wintun *Wintun) FlushInterface() error {
+	//TODO: implement me!
+	return nil
+}
+
+//
+// checkReboot checks device install parameters if a system reboot is required.
+//
 func checkReboot(deviceInfoSet setupapi.DevInfo, deviceInfoData *setupapi.SP_DEVINFO_DATA) (bool, error) {
 	devInstallParams, err := deviceInfoSet.GetDeviceInstallParams(deviceInfoData)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -458,4 +467,4 @@ func (wintun *Wintun) SignalEventName() string {
 
 func (wintun *Wintun) DataFileName() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("\\\\.\\Global\\WINTUN_DEVICE_%s", guid.ToString((*windows.GUID)(wintun)))
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}