In geek language - it allows for bidirectional NAT traversal. Most interestingly, Hamachi enables peer-to-peer communications between two computers residing behind two different connection sharing devices. Hamachi is a networking technology enabling any two computers on the Internet to talk directly to each other regardless of the presence of firewalls or address translation devices on the route between them. Just as if they were connected with a physical wire. Now you can browse file shares, run remote desktop or even host a multiplayer game on one computer and join in from another. If your home computer is connected to the Internet via Connection Sharing or Broadband Router, you will not generally be able to access it, say, from your office.īy installing Hamachi on both computers and clicking a couple of buttons you can connect them instantly and securely.
