LogMeIn Hamachi: AFP Connection Error

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LogMeIn Hamachi: AFP Connection Error

Hi Community,

I'm currently trying to set up an AFP connection between two computers that are both connected to my Hamachi Server. I have three computers on the free server, the two I need to connect, and the third being my personal computer. Whenever I try to connect the two computers (either way, from computer A to computer B or vice versa), I get the error:

"The server "x.xx.xxx.xx" may not exist or is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, then check your network connection, then try again."

Both computers are returning a ping regularly, so I'm not sure why this is happening. Furthermore, both computers can connect to my personal computer via AFP, but my personal computer can not connect to either of these computers. All three computers are on different networks, so I'm suspecting a network-side firewall issue, but after going about opening ports on the 2wire and Netopia 3000 (the two routers I'm dealing with), I'm still getting the same error. Does anyone know where this error is originating from? Or even better yet how I can fix it? Thank you so much,

~Josh

Posted on Jul 18, 2012 10:07 PM

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Answer 1

BobHarris

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Jul 19, 2012 6:51 AM in response to chumponimys

Hamachi provides a VPN connections between the system, which unless the firewall (and or router) is actually blocking Hamachi, will NEVER see your AFP traffic and ports on the Hamachi network, except as encrypted packets using the Hamachi port(s).

Hamachi tends to use a 5.x.x.x based IP address. Have you tried finding the Hamachi assigned IP address for the remote servers and connecting using that?

Finder -> Go -> Connect to server -> afp://5.x.x.x

I think Hamachi will distribute Bonjour messages, so in theory you should be able to use a utility such as Bonjour Browserto see if the remote Hamachi system's Bonjour services are visible.

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Answer 2

chumponimys Author

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Jul 19, 2012 10:52 AM in response to BobHarris

That's what I was doing, using the LogMeIn supplied IP (5.xx.xxx.xx). Even though it was returning a ping, when I tried afp like you mentioned (cmd-K in finder and then afp://5.xx.xxx.xx) I get the error I posted above. The reason I think it to be a router problem is that afp is working from one of the test computers and my personal computer, but not vice versa, nor either way between the two test computers. I'll definitely give the Bonjour Browser a try and see what happens. Thanks for the quick reply!

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Answer 3

May 17, 2016 7:15 PM in response to chumponimys

So sorry to bump an old post, but I wanted to post the answer for anyone who is researching this topic like I was.

The host computer must have File Sharing turned on. Go to System Preferences > Sharing > File Sharing to turn it on.

Enjoy!

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