Anyone try Hamachi VPN?

Mandr4ke · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:57 am Post subject: Anyone try Hamachi VPN?

Just courious who has tried it, i downloaded and installed the linux version. The downside is that there is really no chat with others using the windows client, but no matter still got IM, but i was able to network with local lan UDP with Starcraft in Wine and play my bud over the net who was in windows. Pretty cool stuff.

brianhearn · n00b Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Posts: 72

Yes, I've tried it, it works well. Played UT2004 through it against a friend on windows, and warsow with both of us on linux.
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Mandr4ke · Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 3:31 am Post subject:

brianhearn · n00b Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Posts: 72

Good. I hosted both times so I had the 0 ping. My opponent pinged around 40ms so it's just like playing on a dedicated server. We only tried it 1-on-1, it's perfect for that. Not sure how it would cope with more players though.

I sometime play a whole family at UT99, there're 3 of them and they struggle with pings in the 120's when they all join a dedicated server on the net. I've suggested that next time we play they host and set up hamachi for me to connect in to. I'm pretty confident that a) they can do it because it's so easy to set up and b) it will solve their ping issues.
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ross_MoHaX · n00b Joined: 13 Feb 2005 Posts: 42

What does that program for?

brianhearn · n00b Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Posts: 72

SeFoKumA · n00b Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 27

I have played starcraft with out problems using hamachi, with linux and windows clients. Although some times the hamachi config was self-reset.

Cya

Naib · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:10 am Post subject:

SoreGums · n00b Joined: 21 Mar 2004 Posts: 57

I'm just installing it now.

I've known about it for ages, works great on windows.
This is the first time i'm trying it on linux.

xanas3712 · Guru Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 455

SoreGums · n00b Joined: 21 Mar 2004 Posts: 57

Ov3nCleaner · n00b Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Posts: 12

if you must have opensource, openvpn is a very good solution for things like this. Sure it takes a bit of configuring, but it supports advanced features such as encryption and ssl. From what i have seen, it is just as fast for playing games and the likes.

openvpn supports TCP and UDP (which is recommended for optimal performance)
There is a GUI available for windows called OpenVPN-gui that can make the vpn easy as sending your friend the configuration files/keys (which are simple to generate) and them double clicking the config file on their desktop. It also supports security features such as giving up privelages after initialization, and even has a built in chroot jail feature to save you the trouble (its difficult to stick it in a chroot when you are running grsecurity with full chroot protection).

Hamachi may be easier, but it lacks features and the open source factor of openvpn. OpenVPN can be locked down easily If your friends are BSD zealots, it will run for them to. (although im not sure how they would play games with you ;] )

http://openvpn.net/