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JerryIrons
Active Contributor
7 years ago

Hamachi not powering on after computer restart

Can you please provide the option to power on hamachi from a command line?  This is really becoming a problem, here is what happens: workstation restarts, due to windows operating system update, env...
  • JerryIrons's avatar
    JerryIrons
    6 years ago

    So, I've figured out a way to deal with this.  I wrote a windows service that monitors the logmein service and it's power on status.  If either get turned off my service restarts them.  So far has been working very well and ended the random shutdowns that can happen. 

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ganeshowen
Active Contributor

Hi guys, 

I created a batch file that turns on hamachi and enables a network on startup. To get it to run subtletly on startup I created a shortcut to the file and changed the properties so it starts minimized.

Open notepad and paste in the following code.

 

cd C:\Program Files (x86)\LogMeIn Hamachi\x64
hamachi-2.exe --cli login
hamachi-2.exe --cli go-online <network ID>

NB:     1: The first line will vary depending on the location of your hamachi install

             2: Replace the "<network ID>" with the numerical identifier displayed when you hover over your Network in the Hamachi client. 

 

Save As and add ".cmd" to the file. Store it somehwere safe (I put it in the hamachi folder) and create a  shortcut.

Open start menu, type "run" and press enter.

Type "shell:startup" to open your startup folder and move the shortcut here. Finally right click on the shortcut, click properties and change the dropdown menu adjacent to "run" to Minimized.

Hope this helps, I'm not a coder so aplogies if this doesn't work for you. I built this out of some very basic how to guides and some trial and error with the hamachi-2.exe in CMD.

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beardbiz
New Contributor
6 years ago

ganeshowen: 

 

you wrote: 2: Replace the "<network ID>" with the numerical identifier displayed when you hover over your Network in the Hamachi client. 

 

When I hover over over my network it just gives me the network name as the network ID. All letters, no numbers.

  • ganeshowen's avatar
    ganeshowen
    Active Contributor
    6 years ago

    Hi,

    I've attached a screenshot of what I see when my mouse hovers over the network. Where the red-line is where I see a numerical Network ID (XXX-XXX-XXX) that I used in my simple batch file.

    Hope this helps.

    • beardbiz's avatar
      beardbiz
      New Contributor
      6 years ago

      Looking at your screen shot I see I am looking at the same place you are. The only difference is my shows the network ID to be the same as the network. In otherwords, your network ID should be Arena if it is working like mine. One difference though, your type is gateway, mine is mesh. Could that make a difference?

       

      Just to clarify, after rebooting my computer, Hamachi starts after I log in just fine. Which of course is no help at all. I need it to be working before logging in otherwise I can't get to it to log in. Is this what your batch file is suppose to fix? Or have I misunderstood.

      • ganeshowen's avatar
        ganeshowen
        Active Contributor
        6 years ago

        Ahh, we had an issue where once the user logged in hamachi would open but not connect to the vpn (which made remote work impractical). All the batch file does is instigate that connection from the backend of hamachi on startup (as a startup item). Getting the computer to execute a batch file before user login is it a bit beyond my expertise. As to the network ID have you tried user the network name as the ID? You may need to add some syntax if it is not a single word but there must be an identifier that hamachi uses when it logs in.