Hamachi

[norman]

On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 12:09 -0400, Derek Broughton wrote:
> norman wrote:
> 
> > Currently, I use an old windows machine to run Hamachi, so that my
> > brother and I can play bridge, as partners, against the computer running
> > Bridge Baron. I would prefer to use my Ubuntu machine and am able to run
> > Bridge Baron using Crossover.
> > 
> > I would like to learn whether anyone has experience of using Hamachi
> > under Ubuntu. Any advice would be very welcome and thanks in advance.
> 
> What is it about Hamachi that's necessary to playing with Bridge Baron?  I
> would have thought you could play without it.
> 
> (we've been trying out all the available bridge programs recently, and for
> networked gaming against a computer, I prefer GIB on BridgeBase - which I
> play using Linux; for standalone, I prefer MicroBridge - which I haven't
> tried on Linux).  
> -- 

My brother lives 300 km away hence the need for Hamachi or something
similar.

Norman