Games through Hamachi with friends

Probably, many faced the situation when friends who are in another city, offer to play an offline game together. Then a completely natural question arises about how to do this. After all, not all can go through the whole country or abroad. The solution to this problem will be the creation of an online game through Hamachi. But first things first.

VPN

In order to understand the task set before us, it is necessary to determine the basic terms. Games through hamachi are launched thanks to the creation of so-called "virtual private networks" (in English VPN - Virtual Private Network). What is it?

A virtual network is a technology that allows you to create some logical network on top of an already existing shared (for example, the Internet). Despite the fact that access and connection can take place over open unsafe networks, the created logical network has an increased level of security due to its own cryptographic protection.

Types of VPNs

Private networks can be divided into two classes according to the level of security.

1. Protected . Used in cases where the general transmission network is in general access and does not possess any reliability certificates. In such cases, a private network is created with its own protection. This option for building a VPN is the most common.
2. Trusted virtual networks do not have their own encryption or security tools, because they are created on the basis of already secure networks and there is no need to create a closed channel, but it is only necessary to create a virtual subnet. In such cases, security problems are simply irrelevant.

What is Hamachi?

So, after understanding the basic definition, go directly to the topic of the article. "Hamachi" (Hamachi) - a program that allows you to create a virtual private network based on the Internet connection. The fact is that if you run a game with an active connection to the network, and even more so if it's a pirated version, then it will not find any computers in the list of available games by "locale". In order to avoid this, it is established "Hamachi". If you want to run games through Hamachi with a friend, you will need an active Internet connection and an installed client - Hamachi.

"Hamachi" is not any official program for creating a VPN, it does not support cryptographic protection and can only be used for entertainment purposes.

Installation

As already mentioned, in order to run games on the network through Hamachi, you need a client application, as well as register in it. It is important that you and your friends have one version of the customer "Hamachi". Otherwise, the game may not see the computers of your comrades.

Hamachi can be downloaded on any site that distributes free applications, but always remember about security and check the files with antivirus software. Installation takes place solely at your own risk. Often, when after installing the client, the connection to the Internet was completely disconnected and lost, and only the reinstallation of the operating system helped.

After downloading and installing the application on the hard disk, you can safely run "Hamachi". It will automatically select the user name (same as the name of your computer) and will be configured to work. In the "Options" menu you can change your nickname, which you can find friends.

"Hamachi" also provides you with a personal chat with your friends and allows you to create conferences. To play games through "Hamachi", you will need to perform the initial setup.

1. Immediately after installation, the application will require you to register with the LogMeIn service. This is a kind of account for the system. Registration in it will allow you to create your own virtual LANs of different rank and manage them.
2. In order to play with friends, you will need to create a network. In the left menu, click "Add network", select a unique identifier, configure access and rank. Attention, for free you can create a VPN for only five people, one of which will be you yourself!
3. In order to make the network for more participants, you will need to pay a certain amount of money (depending on the number of players). There is a small trick about how to avoid paying. If several people are already integrated into one local network, then through one computer and one account they can all connect to your VPN. Simply put, they are connected via a physical local network to one computer, and it in turn connects to your computer through "Hamachi".
4. Create a virtual network will need only one member of your company.

Start

Now let's see how to play games through Hamachi. To do this, your friends must connect to the network you created. You must click "Network" -> "Connect to the network." In the window that opens, you enter your network ID and password, if one was specified.

After all your friends have gathered in one network, you can start your games through Hamachi. In any computer game there is a menu item "Game on a local network". Come there and create. Your friends will need to see the created game.

Remember that to create a toy on a virtual local area network of the whole company, you need a Hamachi client of one version. The game you are going to use must also have the same version on all computers.