What I did using adv. firewall management:
- I went to firewall and I set in\out rules,
- I forbidded it to "provide protection" on Hamachi network
In the end, I got sick of the firewall possibly still getting in the way and disabled it completely.
What I did generally:
- I deleted the default gateway for IPv4 protocol of the Hamachi adapter...
because otherwise people could ping me but I couldn't ping them.
- I created a Mesh type network through network management on logmein "personal cabinet" webpage...
to prevent any problems with the network itself, like person not capable of being a host to the server, but only being a client.
- I had to go and install v.2.2.0.328 hamachi...
because my system demanded driver signature and otherwise the adapter device wouldn't be present. I just started with that version for the in-built adapter setting and then updated it.
After all I did and had to put my friend through as well, Hamachi finally worked -- which I concluded from the fully positive result of "diagnose" button and succesful ping on both sides...
But servers are the one thing that didn't work. On any game. We tried so far "Half-life", "Battlefront II" (unofficial and old one), "Trackmania 2: Canyon" and "Minecraft".
It matters not which game it is or who hosts the server, it doesn't work unless we use Tunngle, which we don't want for reasons, and that is frustrating given all the effort I've put into setting up Hamachi.
I ended up with staying on 2.2.0.328 because it removes the need to delete gateways and you can ping each other straight after installation, though the gateway is still there. Hamachi doesn't work and we can update any time easily anyway.
Some general info:
- I am using Windows 7 Ultimate with all the "important updates" carried out, my friend is on Windows 10
- My friend and I are both on high-speed internet and we also have a provider's NAT.
- Our drivers are up to date as of this day.
- I didn't do port forwarding because I can't seem to find how. Hope that's not the case.
- When I reinstalled Hamachi I also deleted user settings and the adapter using device manager.
- We're on Free subscription.
I want Hamachi to not only provide a response when we're pinging each other, but to also enable fake LAN multiplayer for us.