Hamachi

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Hamachi

Punit Lodaya, Mar 05, 2006 1900 hrs IST

Hamachi allows you to connect to PCs over the internet as if they were connected in a LAN environment.

Best Virtual LAN Software, Can connect even through firewalls, Fast, Easy to use, Freeware, Linux version also available.

Only 16 PCs Supported.

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Hamachi claims to be 100% secure. All their communications are encrypted and authenticated using industry-standard algorithms and protocols. Nobody will be able to see what two Hamachi peers are talking about.

Don't get scared due to the tech speech given above. You don't really need to be a network engineer to configure. The software is very east to configure. It just takes a few mouse click to get it up and running.

You need to connect to the Hamachi server, and get yourself a unique username. After that you will be given a unique IP address on the Hamachi network. Then, you can create or join a LAN room by entering a username and password. You can pass that username and password to the person, who wishes to connect to your Hamachi network. After one connects, there will be a virtual LAN between the computers and you can use it to simulate a LAN environment.

A special effort has gone into designing and polishing Hamachi user interface. The result is sleek, simple and intuitive, while still very much functional. And here comes the best part. It's totally free. You can download the latest version 1.0.0.50 from here. The homepage of the website has a link to the older version 0.9.9.9, which pretty much left me confused. Anyways, you can visit it here for more information and support. There is also a version for Linux.

The only downfall of the software is that it can support only a maximum of 16 PC in the Virtual LAN created. Nonetheless, Hamachi is certainly worth a shot.