Whats hamachi?

[Geronimo Stilton]

So sorry if this sounds dumb but what is hamachi? I'v heard it helps with getting onto a server and if it is legit not a virus should i get it?

[Calgeta]

look it up, it's legit

[James]

It is a legit third party program that helps people who don't know how to port forward their router setup a server.

In terms of JOINING a server it ONLY helps if the server is setup using hamachi (in which case using Hamachi is MANDATORY).

You will be able to join any properly created server without third party software.

[Geronimo Stilton]

James a écrit :

It is a legit third party program that helps people who don't know how to port forward their router setup a server.

In terms of JOINING a server it ONLY helps if the server is setup using hamachi (in which case using Hamachi is MANDATORY).

You will be able to join any properly created server without third party software.

So should I have it or.............. not?

[James]

Flowervenom a écrit :

James a écrit :

It is a legit third party program that helps people who don't know how to port forward their router setup a server.

In terms of JOINING a server it ONLY helps if the server is setup using hamachi (in which case using Hamachi is MANDATORY).

You will be able to join any properly created server without third party software.

So should I have it or.............. not?

only if you are trying to connect to servers setup using hamachi. I personally hate hamachi because it is completely unnecessary software for hosting a server. If you have friends who run a hamachi server and you can't convince them to host a server the proper way.. then yes, you should get hamachi. (or more intelligent friends)

[Geronimo Stilton]

James a écrit :

Flowervenom a écrit :

So should I have it or.............. not?

only if you are trying to connect to servers setup using hamachi. I personally hate hamachi because it is completely unnecessary software for hosting a server. If you have friends who run a hamachi server and you can't convince them to host a server the proper way.. then yes, you should get hamachi. (or more intelligent friends)

Lol nice, but is hamachi illegal? Becuse you say host a server the "proper" way.

[James]

Flowervenom a écrit :

James a écrit :

only if you are trying to connect to servers setup using hamachi. I personally hate hamachi because it is completely unnecessary software for hosting a server. If you have friends who run a hamachi server and you can't convince them to host a server the proper way.. then yes, you should get hamachi. (or more intelligent friends)

Lol nice, but is hamachi illegal? Becuse you say host a server the "proper" way.

By proper, I just mean setting up your server such that third party software is not required for all users involved. There is nothing legally wrong with using third party software to assist you in doing what you can already do without it... but it is foolish and pointless (that being said, if the server you are trying to join is using hamachi the mistake being made was on the host's end, not yours and you WILL need hamachi to join).

[James]

D3adVa1entine a écrit :

Flowervenom a écrit :

Lol nice, but is hamachi illegal? Becuse you say host a server the "proper" way.

The proper way, otherwise known as the non lazy way is to port forward, the lazy way is to get hamachi and be done with it.

port forwarding is also not much work at all (other than perhaps learning how to do it the first time, but you also have to learn how to use hamachi). Once you know how to port forward it takes less than a minute to forward the ports for a game and then you never have to launch and use a piece of third party software (or mess with the router) ever again.

[Space Coward]

It's a VPN tool for playing with people who aren't sharing a router with you.
It's on LogMeIn's website.

[Fox]

just get it

[Jmantis]

Evolve is another 3rd party system that I find works WAY BETTER than hamachi.

[JT]

Jmantis a écrit :

Evolve is another 3rd party system that I find works WAY BETTER than hamachi.

>port forwarding works better than both, as there's no application to install/run and nothing in between you and the other person connection-wise

[Conga Lyne]

Flowervenom a écrit :

So sorry if this sounds dumb but what is hamachi? I'v heard it helps with getting onto a server and if it is legit not a virus should i get it?

Hamachi allows you to host servers easily, it's free and not a virus

[Conga Lyne]

TehGuy a écrit :

Jmantis a écrit :

Evolve is another 3rd party system that I find works WAY BETTER than hamachi.

>port forwarding works better than both, as there's no application to install/run and nothing in between you and the other person connection-wise

Yes but port forwarding is difficult, noone can find a half decent guide telling us how

[JT]

A quick google gives me hundreds. For example:
http://www.wikihow.com/Set-Up-Port-Forwarding-on-a-Router

Here's one by -->router model<-- for pete's sake
http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/

This one has pictures explaining the technical stuff
http://www.howtogeek.com/66214/how-to-forward-ports-on-your-router/

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+port+forward&rlz=1C1ASUM_enUS557US557&oq=how+to+port+forward&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0l5.3116j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8

[Space Coward]

Jmantis a écrit :

Evolve is another 3rd party system that I find works WAY BETTER than hamachi.

Evolve's website crashed from all the people downloading it for this game...