1. It can be unreliable – but only if you don’t log out properly when you reboot your machine. Recommend executing “hamachi logout” before rebooting.

2. You can use this services script (perhaps in /etc/init.d?) to automatically start/stop hamachi in the background:

#! /bin/sh
#

# set your specific network here
NICKNAME=”choose_nickname”
NETWORK=”insert_network”
PASSWORD=”choose_password”

# Carry out specific functions when asked to by the system
case “$1″ in
start)
echo “Starting Hamachi”
tuncfg >null
hamachi -c /hamachi start
hamachi -c /hamachi login
hamachi -c /hamachi go-online $NETWORK
;;
stop)
echo “Stopping Hamachi”
#hamachi -c /hamachi go-offline zurvan.net
hamachi -c /hamachi logout
hamachi -c /hamachi stop
exit 0
;;
config)
echo “Configuring Hamachi for the first time”
tuncfg >null
hamachi-init -c /hamachi -f
hamachi -c /hamachi stop >null
hamachi -c /hamachi start
hamachi -c /hamachi login
hamachi -c /hamachi set-nick $NICKNAME
#hamachi -c /hamachi create $NETWORK
hamachi -c /hamachi join $NETWORK $PASSWORD
hamachi -c /hamachi go-online $NETWORK
exit 0
;;
list)
echo “Hamachi list”
tuncfg >null
hamachi -c /hamachi
exit 0
;;
*)
echo “Usage: /etc/init.d/hamachi {start|stop|config|list}”
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0