Failed to connect to the engine

[A_Pickle]

I did that too, and it worked... until it broke again.  Now I'm getting the same error message again.

Just a note, Hamachi2 isn't the only zero-configuration VPN client out there...

[JasonWard]

Might be worth mentioning them here.

[A_Pickle]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamachi#See_also

 There's a good list there.

[A_Pickle]

Um, once again...

...this has not been solved.  Why haven't we seen any official response from LogMeIn for what appears to be a pretty widespread problem with Hamachi2?  And why is this thread not on the front page?

[A_Pickle]

Awesome!  It's great to see LogMeIn SO concerned about this widespread problem with Hamachi2 that they haven't even had time to officially comment on this thread.  Oh, wait, I forgot:  Most of us are probably using free Hamachi2, which absolves LogMeIn of any responsibility in maintaining this app and, you know, making it work reliably.

That's right, LogMeIn.  Ignore the problem, that'll make it go away.  Rather, that'll make users ditch your lousy support (rather, entire lack thereof) by switching to one of MANY alternative zero-configuration VPN clients available online. Then there won't be any users complaining about the "Failed to connect to the engine" problem!  What a great fix!

Sincerely,

-A Hamachi2 user who was interested in getting this product for his business, but having seen the "support" offered by this company to it's free users, is more and more interested in alternative solutions.

PS:  Although a patch to this problem would be wonderful, I am sympathetic to the difficult and competitive business of software development.  A simple comment on this thread by a LogMeIn developer, as well as removal of the "Solved!" (because this problem is not solved - nor even addressed) tagline would make me perfectly happy, as it would be indicative that you actually care about your customers.

[Bunlue-Thailand]

Go to Administrative Tools-->Services-->LogMeIn Hamachi 2.0 Tunneling Engine

Press Start button or right click the service name and select Start.

I then can start the Hamachi2 console.

[cebert]

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@Bunlue-Thailand wrote:

Go to Administrative Tools-->Services-->LogMeIn Hamachi 2.0 Tunneling Engine

Press Start button or right click the service name and select Start.

I then can start the Hamachi2 console.

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Thanks Bunlue-Thailand!  Your solution worked for me.  Your post should have the real "solved" banner attached to it.

I don't know why the Tunneling Engine is installed but not enabled by default. The same problem happened on all my computers. Maybe some security software is preventing this.

[Tuinslak]

I so far have only seen this error appear on WinXP.

It happens when Hamachi GUI is starting before the service has started.

I made a rather dirty work around, but fixed the problem on all XPs that had the issue. 

[schreckli]

Bunlue-Thailand is a genius!  Hamachi2 works again for me!!!!

[Facere]

Having the same issue more or less frequently on different computers (commercial version), but the work around often does not work since the service status is "starting", which means I am able to right click - start it 😞