We discovered in order for xp users to play with vista, they also have to do the following: (I take no credit for whats below)
Hamachi and Firewalls
The biggest problem the people have is indeed Firewall. Hamachi is very sensative to most firewalls, even Windows Firewall. When attempting to connect to someone later in this guide, and you are unable to see one another - it is likely a problem with the firewall. The way to tell whom is at fault for this, you need to Ping each other. In order to ping, right click on a person whom is within the same channel as you. Select Ping at the top of the list. To see whop is beging effected by firewall, referr to this chart below:
- While Pinging, you can connect to the person and recieve packets = Their firewall is fine.
- While Pinging, you can't connect and you Time Out = Their Firewall is blocking you.
If you find that you are being blocked, and you Time Out. Then you've nothing to worry about unless they inform you that they too are timing out. In that case, BOTH parties are indeed being blocked by each others firewall.
The easiest fix for me when not blocked by a Router Firewall, was to turn off my Windows Firewall. Once deactivated, things worked much more smoothly. In case of a stubbern Router Firewall, consider applying a Static IP address to your computer and add a DMZ host. This guide will not go into such detail on how to activate a DMZ host, since that is a tangent and off topic.
Vista and Vista 64 users have issues connecting to other Vista Users. Here is a more detailed guide for those users which may resolve your problems!
1) Start -> Control Panel
2) Control Panel - Network and Sharing Center
3) Network and Sharing Center -> Manage Network Connections
4) Hit Alt to pop up the toolbar
5) Advanced -> Advanced Settings
6) Use the Arrows on the right hand side to make Hamachi on the top
7) Go back to Network Connections after hitting ok
8) Right-click Properties and select IPv4 and hit properties again
9) Select Use the Following IP Address: and enter this info.
IP Address: The one that hamachi gives you when you log on. It might change after restarting so remember how to get here.
Subnet Mask: 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway: 5.0.0.1
DNS Info: Leave blank.
10) At that menu hit Advanced. At the bottom set the interface metric to 10.
11) Hit OK>OK>Close to get back to network connections.
12) Go Back to Control Panel and select Windows Firewall.
13) Hit Change Settings
14) Select Advanced Tab
15) De-select Hamachi and hit Ok.
16) Restart your machine.
17) Join any game you like.
Note: If hamachi gives you an error upon starting it means it changed your ip. You need to re-do step 9.
