How To setup Hamachi for Diablo 1

[kandrathe]

I posted there too.
I've read almost every guide on this forum, and numerous other guides..
It still isn't working.. I need a specific up to date guide on how to do this,
because there are new updates for hamachi and patches for Hellfire

Are you The Smiling Hobo?

First of all, forget using IPX as a routing protocol if you could instead use TCP/IP. If you need to use IPX, then ensure that all devices are using the same IPX protocol.

Using GoogleFu; I found...

"You may need to open the port that is going through to the global internet. Diablo1 doesn't need to access the net though so for it don't worry about opening ports. Go start-settings-network connections-right click hamachi click properties. Make sure there is an IPX protocol in the list and that its ticked. Then someone try hosting a LAN game not an internet one, if you still can't see games this is what you do (for any game that doesn't like 2 network cards)

1) Log into hamachi
2) go to network connections and DISABLE your other network connection (this will drop you from the net, don't disable hamachi or touch the program though)
3) now start the game and host
4) alt tab out and enable your network connection again, after a few seconds hamachi should automatically reconnect and your net will be back up

Clients should not have to do this, it depends on whether the game searches on all network cards or just the first 1 it finds. If they still can't see the game do the same but for step 3 get to where it searches for games then tab out re-enable and when hamachi reconnects they should be able to see the game.

Make sure no one has a firewall running. If it still does not work then the game doesn't support searching on a 5.x.x.x address (or doesn't support IPX over hamachi)"

The main thing is that before you even attempt to connect games, you've ensured that you can all ping each other the IPX protocol through Hamachi. Networking is a 7-layer bean dip. You need to start at the base and work your way up.