How to create and use a free "Hamachi" VPN to host and play flight simulator games on the Internet

Free, online, Internet-spanning, combat flight simulation can be a lot more complicated than offline flight simulation, whether you want to host your own virtual world for others, or whether you just want to join simulators that you know are already out there.

Most people that do this are constantly plagued by the complexities of NAT Routers and "Port Forwarding". Sometimes this works well, but sometimes it doesn't. If you're struggling with this, you can best learn all about NAT Routers, "Port Forwarding", and hosting services on the Internet from the video clips in the "Networking Fundamentals" section at www.AskMisterWizard.com.

However, an increasing number of dedicated combat flight sim enthusiasts are turning to "Virtual Private Networks" (VPNs) to simplify things. In this context, a VPN is a small community of friends whose computers include VPN software that fools them into thinking that they are all in the same building, all on the same IP subnet, or all on the same Ethernet segment. This can make it vastly easier to find one another and to join game servers that are hosted by other members of that same VPN, even if those members are physically scattered all over the planet, with dynamically allocated Internet addresses that change frequently. You can learn more about VPNs from the "Security" section at www.AskMisterWizard.com.

Among the various free VPN options that are currently available, the "Hamachi" VPN software has emerged as the most popular among flight sim users. You can learn all about it within the "Security" section at www.AskMisterWizard.com. Click on the "Let the Games Begin" image below to go directly to the area documenting installation, configuration of Hamachi with the "YsFlight" flight simulator as an example:

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