LogMeIn Hamachi: AFP Connection Error

Question

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

Answer 1

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 Browser to see if the remote Hamachi system's Bonjour services are visible.