The Easy Way: LogMeIn
Hamachi is a product available from LogMeIn in a free version (“Unmanaged”) for up to five users,[46] as well as a more feature-rich paid version (“Managed”) for Windows and Mac computers.
It sets up an IP address for your friends to connect to. You don’t need to mess with your firewall or router or anything locally; it just works. To set it up, first download the Unmanaged version and install it.
When you first run it, LogMeIn will ask you to join or create a network:
You’ll want to create one. I named mine andys_minecraft_server:
And we’re up and running!
Now tell your friends to download the same software and ...
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