Hamachi Updates And Adds Web-Based Management

How disappointing. Hamachi used to be the best thing ever. Bring back Linux and Mac OS support, and maybe I'll start having those warm feelings again. Until then, it's OpenVPN for me.

Avian00

I really like how it's now tied into my LogMeIn account. Accessing it as well as remote access connections is pretty slick.

I like hamachi, one thing I have not figured it out yet is how to recover an user or log with my account from different machines, does any on knows how to do that?

Use Wippien, it is much much better, especially if you would like to play in lan.

As in Wippien, you can type in any IP anytime (not a stupid random IP hamachi gives you when registering), like 192.168.0.10 (many older games only recognize local area network ip-s only beginning with 192...).

Speed is also not throttled, interface can be skinned, you can upgrade to new version with a click, and much more.

@compuguy1088: Since the beginning, Hamachi has broken the TNO premise. Trust No One.

Especially when it comes to VPN or remote access products, there shouldn't be any requirement to use a 3rd party for anything.

OpenVPN is a little more difficult, but doesn't force you to share your data with a 3rd party. You don't have to share the key or connection data.

Another alternative is using SSH tunnels and PKI. This works method obviously works on any UNIX, but it also works on win32. A little google searching, you can find instructions for use that includes remote RDP, if you must.

ssh -p TGT_SSH_PORT -L LOCAL_PORT:REMOTE_SRV.net:REMOTE_PORT userid@REMOTE_SRV.net

eg. ssh -p 22 -L 3389:remote_srv.net:389 userid@remote_srv.net

Sorry, but the lines above shouldn't be wrapped.

TheFu

One feature I wish Hamachi had is a reverse proxy, so we can connect to our ISP-firewalled home servers without needing to install Hamachi or carry it on a flash drive.

MePerson

I love Hamachi, but upgrading to Snow Leopard killed it on OS X.

jesseg

Personally I hate where hamachi has gone.....especially with the fact that they have abandoned OSX and Linux support!

compuguy1088

@Avian00: MacOs had some kind of 3rd party gui for the client which never worked.
I couldn't agree more, they should make a better effort with different OSes.

JLobo

I love this dispite what pople are saying about 3rd party involvement. I don't like it, mainly because it's sluggish as hell. But some cherish ease of use over security (my family and non-tech-savvy friends). i do my corporate work over my company VPN with my business laptop. with hamachi i'm just troubleshooting my Wife's/Grandma's/Best Friends PC when they're on trips. maybe sharing a file or two.

I've spent years forcing tech-heavy solutions down the throats of my loved ones. It only made them not use them. This year, I gave up. I installed windows 7 on everything, installed windows homeserver on an old GX520, installed Logmein and my wife hasn't had to interrupt my workday in nearly 7 months.

@Avian00: pay for it.

@Avian00: For what it's worth, my Windows machine running Hamachi2 is still able to connect to my Linux machine running the old client.

@TheFu:
but Hamachi is the only VPN that will support IPX and other gameing spacific protacals to play games in a LAN mode with friends and not use regular network servers...

Russ Ring

Further if you are running certain versions of DD-WRT in your router, you can setup a VPN using either OpenVPN with certificates. This works across all OS's.

@TheFu:

Rather odd commands for ssh; Gina provides easier command sample(s).

No need for -p if one is using default:
Typical usage =

ssh -p80 -ND 8081 moonflower@servername

password

Check man pages for usage tips, yes?

Hamachi has been a great service, and I can only see it getting better. With better integration with Logmein, I'm in heaven. (Til this day, still they best way to play multiplayer Diablo 2 without the cheat-happy Battlenet.)

wykedengel

Web management was well overdue, but I'm a little disappointed with a couple bugs on W7 (especially the annoying "public" network bug mentioned on my site).

I think it's time to revisit some alternatives (some that you guys have mentioned) -- Wikipedia has a nice shortlist of Hamachi-like VPN software.

Wippien, GBridge, and Remobo are probably the most intriguing, but I've always found them a bit chunky in the past. Stay tuned for a software VPN comparison on my site...

@Demonicume: You're my hero! I'll try to get started on this on Sunday. I would do it Saturday, but I have to go to Mom's to fix here darn email problem of the week.

wcsii0861

Just sayin this is possible, but one can also use hamachi to play games like warcraft 3 across the internet using "LAN" if they had a friend willing to let them use their disc. not that anyone would do this of course. <__....