Best Virtual LAN software I ever used!

reese · 07-18-06, 10:29 AM

Well, for those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, Hamachi lets you play LAN games over the internet by allowing you to join virtual LANs!

http://www.hamachi.cc/

It's pretty sweet. I have used several others, but this is by far the best.

Here are just a fre "fun things" you can do with it:

Play games that are "less than legal"
Share files over LAN
Share iTunes music (and use MyTunes to really share iTunes music)
Play games with your internet friends that don't have an internet gameplay mode.

It also supports chat!

anyway, I thought maybe someone here may be looking for something like this, so there ya go!

The download is free, give it a try!

07-18-06, 11:53 AM

That's awesome, any idea how the security is on it?

reese · 07-18-06, 11:54 AM

http://www.hamachi.cc/security/

Security is great!

07-18-06, 12:51 PM

It also got hugely positive reviews from the 'Security Now' podcast with Steve Gibson (from Shields Up and other stuff) ...

Originally Posted by reese

http://www.hamachi.cc/security/

Security is great!

reese · 07-18-06, 01:13 PM

We should organise a world-wide aximsite LAN party!

07-18-06, 01:16 PM

Ha - who's bringing the beer????

Originally Posted by reese

We should organise a world-wide aximsite LAN party!

Tankman · 07-18-06, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by patrickj

Ha - who's bringing the beer????

What brand? Be sure it is chilled, hate warm brew!

07-18-06, 02:24 PM

Grolsch for me por favor ...

Originally Posted by Tankman

What brand? Be sure it is chilled, hate warm brew!

07-18-06, 03:49 PM

Sorta like Xlink Kai or XConnect except for PC games :)

reese · 07-18-06, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by Grentz

Sorta like Xlink Kai or XConnect except for PC games :)

Exactly!

This isn't the original solution...it's much better!

...and I'll have a Guiness!

07-18-06, 04:46 PM

so basicly is this some type of multipoint to multipoint vpn system?

player911 · 07-18-06, 09:17 PM

the nice thing about it is that you can have it running on a home PC, and connect remotely when at work to gain access to files at home.

Does this allow Remote Desktop Connection?

I just downloaded it, but haven't set it up yet.

It would be cool to have an aximsite VLan. But allowing lots of people into your vlan without knowing them could cause trouble.

reese · 07-19-06, 09:49 AM

yes, it could. Would be great for gaming and filesharing however :-)

07-20-06, 08:40 AM

hey, just downloaded it and played around with it at home and with a friend's comp. Wierd thing is though whenever I would try to browse his files it would a window would pop up asking for a password, but then he could browse my files all he wanted. Any idea what that password is?

reese · 07-20-06, 09:15 AM

He would have to tell you. It would be the same way if you were physically on the same network.