I'm just testing a few things now with a mate, its interesting, looks like he has conectivity actually. My mistake. I guess you can connect without a host Hamachi powered on, i didn't know that.
Looks like the hosts machines Hamachi doesn't need to be on for the VPN tunnel to work? as long as the machine itself is on? Do you know Mike?
Yes, Hamachi will work for you. You need to read the blurb.
You can't access any PC over the network which is not powered on. ( At least not with this software).
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Interne.../Hamachi.shtml
Regards....Mike Connor
Well, I can't leave any of my home computes on permanently, but I do leave my router on permanently. Hamachi wont help me then, right? I'm a bit confused
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Regards....Mike Connor
Ok,mate was feeding mis-information. You have to have the PC powered on with Hamachi running for VPN Tunnel, i thought that was a bit odd when he said he had connectivity when my Hamachi was off..anyway looks like its not quite what you want, a VPN router of some description might be better suited for you.
If you want to access your home computers, they have to be running and with Hamachi installed.
If you are using a laptop or similar then you can use Hamachi to connect to any other running and connected computer on the net.
You can not use your router to access Hamachi directly. But you can use Hamachi to access your router from one of your home machines using your laptop.
What Hamachi or any other VPN does, is tunnel a connection between computers. In order for that to work both computers have to be running.
You can not access your router directly, using Hamachi, or any other VPN.
The protocols run on Hamachi servers, and on the clients. A router by itself is not ( normally) a valid client.
Regards....Mike Connor
thank you for the great explanation, Mike. I totally understand now. You said "normally", does this mean I can purchase a router that will allow me to become my own little VPN hosting company?
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thats okay, i was totally confused too for a moment. I hope not too expensive 