How to Configure Hamachi-Windows Routing

Estimated time: approx time is 30 minutes or less.

Preparation:
1. Two Pcs or servers running hamachi and the VPN up and working.

The intent of the article is to show you how to bridge two networks of Windows
computers together using a single Windows (2000, XP, or 2003) machine on each
network running Hamachi with the Routed Tunneling feature.

Initial Setup
First, you need to have Hamachi set up and running on a computer on each
network. Ensure the status of each computer is green. Next, youll need to turn on
Routed Tunneling on both computers.
To do this, create a file called Hamachi-override.ini in
(Windows XP, Server 2003) c:\Documents

and Settings\<username>\Application

Data\Hamachi

(Windows Vista) C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Hamachi

Inside hamachi-override.ini add the line RoutedTunneling

and save the file

Restart Hamachi on both computers to have this setting take effect.

Configuring Windows for IP Routing

This is necessary for Windows to be able to send packets destined for the other
locations network through the Hamachi virtual adapter. This will need to be done on
both of the computers that will act as the VPN end points.
To do this, create:
HKEY_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\IPEnabl

as a string value equal to 1 in the registry. This will require a system reboot
to take effect. To confirm it is enabled, do ipconfig /all from the command line. IP
eRouter

should say yes. If not, confirm your registry setting and reboot
again. This setting is flaky in non-server versions of Windows.
Routing Enabled

Configuring Static Routes across the VPN

In order for the Hamachi computers to be able to route packets destined for the
network on the other side of the connection, youll need to set a static route to say
so.
In this scenario, well use two networks, 192.168.1.x and 172.16.x.x to illustrate
On the Hamachi computer that is on the 192.168.1.x network, youll use
Command Prompt>route p add 172.16.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 5.x.x.x (Hamachi IP
of PC on 172.16.x.x network)

On the Hamachi computer that is on the 172.16.x.x network, youll use

Command Prompt> route p add 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 5.x.x.x (Hamachi
IP of PC on the 192.168.1.x network)

You should now be able to ping the 172.16.x.x computer from the 192.168.1.x
computer using its real IP address and vice versa. If not, check your firewall settings.

Tying It All Together

Now for the fun part; you need to tell your other machines how to cross the VPN to
access computers on the opposite network.
There are two alternative here. You can either add a static route on each computer
needing to cross the VPN, or you can add a static route pointing the Hamachi
machine on the router acting as the default gateway for the network.
Option 1:
This requires more work, but limits configuration changes to be at the computer
level.
On each computer on the 192.168.1.x network:
Command Prompt>route p add 172.16.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 192.168.1.x (IP of
Hamachi computer on the 192.168.1.x network)

On each computer of the 172.16.x.x network:

Command Prompt>route p add 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 172.16.x.x (IP of

Hamachi computer on the 172.16.x.x network)

Option 2: (not all routers support this, but it is the minimal configuration method)
On the router acting as the default gateway for 192.168.1.x network, add a static
route that says any traffic destined for 172.16.0.0 network go through 192.168.1.x
(IP address of Hamachi PC on 192.168.1.x network)
On the router acting as the default gateway for 172.16.x.x network, add a static
route that says any traffic destined for 192.168.1.0 network go through 172.16.x.x
(IP address of Hamachi PC on 172.16.x.x network)

Troubleshooting:
To be tested.