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General discussion (archive)Tungle.net, Hamanchi, and GameRanger: Which Is Better?(4 posts)solved(4 posts)solved
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Posted March 06, 2012
I'm currently looking at VLAN (Virtual LAN; aka VPN) services to play older games online which have LAN support but don't work with modern networking solutions or no longer have a multiplayer lobby to play on. From what I hear, Tungle.net, Hamanchi, and GameRanger are all excellent VLAN services. However, my question is this: which one is the best? In order to provide more information, this is what I'd like out of a VLAN service:

1. Doesn't allow VLAN participants access to my printers, private files, etc.
2. Reliable

Also, if you know of a better VLAN service than the ones I listed, please don't hesitate to suggest it!
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Posted March 06, 2012
I have personally found Hamachi to be excellent for private online games with friends. As far as I know it does not require an account or any sort of registration to use either.

However, unlike for example GameRanger, Hamachi does not seem to be useful for online gaming with rest of the internet. Free versions can only have up to 16 players and all players are in a virtual unrestricted local network (AFAIK). If you only plan to do private LAN gaming, then it's a fine approach though.

GameRanger is meant for gaming online and seems to be safe to use. The local network is set-up only after the host has started the game (again, AFAIK). You are of course limited to only games supported by the GameRanger software itself though. Excellent for playing online with everybody else from this world.

Have no experience with Tungle.net.

Anyway, I can definitely also recommend to see if the game has an online community and check whether they might have dedicated lobby clients already. You might have better luck finding someone else to play with then. :)
Post edited March 06, 2012 by Stockpile
Posted March 06, 2012
Hamachi sometimes works.

Gameranger works 99% of the time, and I don't even need to bother myself with all the port forwarding nonsense, which for some reason tends to be more difficult for subscribers of the ISPs here.

Tuungle never works.
Posted March 06, 2012
I used to play with Hamachi and at the time it worked great. Nowadays I don't know if it maintains the same quality. I will give it a try if I were you.
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