It is a pentium 1000MHz machine, so loading AC is slow. I am not sure what the bandwidth for hamachi is. It seemed to be much slower loading AC and an initial file than on our internal network.

I did not get a chance to try hamachi (as apposed to Logmein) on a faster machine and see if that made a difference or it was a bandwidth problem with hamachi.

Logmein can only allow one person at a time on a particular computer. I will sometimes log into 2 or 3 computers simultaneously simply by connecting to them in different windows then work with all three. This is often how I update AC.

Because you are taking over the desktop, you really cannot have 2 competing persons running it simultaneously. Logmein will just shut out the oldest logged in person in favor of the new log in.

Hamachi is a separate program from Logmein, I think it was bought by them and they promised to keep it free, but have a paid version that is faster and allows more people in your "network" I have been fine with the free version. It creates a VPN like tunnel that you can access shared files.

Logmein is more of a remote desktop program. The pro version allows printing and file moving but otherwise is similar to the free version.

The company also has backup and IT programs too. I have used the backup program but not the IT products enough to comment on them. I actually like the backup program but cobian/hamachi is free and I like that better.


Wendell
Pediatrician in Chicago

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