In the past, the lag and connection problems were minimal and often bearable.You can easily create secure virtual networks on-demand, across public and private networks.
The Hamachi forum is crowded with gamers using the free version, so it is hard to find useful information. Perhaps when Logmein dumps the free version of Hamachi, things will get better. TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVCE: They will just tell you to contact everyone else (pc manufacturer, verizon, etc.) EXPENSIVE: Subscription is cheap, but in order not to lose the connection theyll convince you to keep upgrading your internet speed. Log Me In Hahi' Full Subscription ServiceWe went from 10MB to 35 MBS, full subscription service with direct connection, one year later and still dropped service every day. It was free when they came out, then started channeling free (non-subscription) client to indirect connections which meant your computer would freeze, never log in. We upgraded to subscription and it was okay for about two months. Then they released new version and it went to hell, said we needed faster speeds. We upgraded once a quarter until we finally reached 35 MB upload and download. Still after one year at that speed, freezes out computers every day. Ever call customer service, expect to be on hold for an hour and then their tech support just blames everyone else (our computers, verizon fios, fire walls, the weather, Mondays are bad for Hamachi, terrorism in the middle east, etc). We had everything checked out including verizon reps, firewalls specialists, networking specialists - everything is working find. Last call today because their service is down again, on hold for 48 minutes then went to Hamachi company voicemail saying theyre having technical difficulties and hung up on us. Even with the daunting task of switching over 10 employees computers to a new server STILL got a 10-0 vote from everyone to cancel the Hamachi subscription service. When I have to connect from our remote office it has always worked. I bring it out of sleep, plug into the local LAN and in 20 seconds or so I am reconnected to my server across town in a secure connection. At first it seemed to hang and require rebooting, but it did work then. After a few weeks things just started working smoothly without any input. Even with maybe 6 years of Windows crud buildup and constant use it works very well. XP is dead. Long live XP. Can password networks and toggle manual approval for new joining members. That said, free is used loosely here, and possibly not for long. Networks used to be fully free before they were cut down to a max of 8 members for free.
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