Setting up an Android device as a Hamachi mobile client
This procedure assumes you or an administrator has sent configuration details to your device.
Remember: The mobile client is deployed by sending the
required VPN settings in a configuration file via email; it is not an app you
download from a store.
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On the device, open the email containing the following three files
as attachments.
- PFX The client certificate.
- CA Issuer of the client certificates.
- RootCA Self-signed root certificate.
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Save all attachments and locate them on the device.
No attachments? When the connection type is PPTP, no certificates are attached. Certificates are attached only with IPSEC.
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Extract the Hamachi client certificate, file type
PFX, as follows:
- Tap the file.
- When prompted to enter a password to extract the certificate, enter the device configuration password (for example, abcd-a1b2-c1d2). Include dashes. Case sensitive.
- Name the certificate.
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Install both the Hamachi CA and RootCA certificates, as follows:
- Tap the files.
- Name the certificates. The names need not match the name used in step 3.
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Add a VPN profile for Hamachi for each connection protocol (IPSec
and PPTP), as follows:
- Go to
- Tap Add VPN Network.
- Connect.
No Internet Connection? To retain an Internet connection on an
Android using PPTP:
- In a mesh network, set the Hamachi VPN profile Forwarding Route to 25.0.0.0/8
- In a gateway network, the Forwarding Route must match the client's assigned IP range