Installation & Licensing

[#1]

hi, 

We have purchased 4 licences and installed the suite on each computer. We got the licence file and in licence manager did everything like the instruction said and everything is working fine. But when I try to run any software a window pops up asking for a licence server or a path to the licence file. In each case i get an error that either says that the server is not responding (which in lm tools says is working) or that the licence could not be found. 

What could be the problem here?

thanx

[#2]

can you ping the license server by computer name?

also try to ping the license server from itself and see if you get an Ipv4 address or Ipv6 address

[#3]

i did that and everything is fine. Don't know how to ping the licence server from itself, but i know that it's using ipv4 adress.  in licence manager status enquiry everything is like it's supposed to be, but when i try to start the program it cannot find the licence or the server is not responding...

[#4]

For a Quick-Start Guide on configuring the Autodesk License Manager, please see my post for further information:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Installation-Licensing/Quick-Start-Guide-for-Configuring-LMTOOLS/m-p/3...

You will want to double-check all of the above to make sure it is running as a service.  Then you will want to verify with PING on the Command Prompt that it is indeed connecting with IPv4 from the client instead of IPv6. 

For more information about Network License Manager connectivity issues and IPv6, please see my discussion post here:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Installation-Licensing/Network-License-Error-1-5-15-and-IPv6/td-p/2982...

[#5]

lidija13,

Hello. First you need to validate the license manager. Open the manager and run a Perform Status Enquiry to ensure there are licenses available. If the correct licenses are available, one of two things is occurring.

1-     Your program is not looking to the correct license server

2-     Your program is looking at the correct license server but the signal is not getting in

Being able to ping the server lets us know you can see the server from the client, but does not let us know the request signal is getting in.

So- force the client to look to the server using an Environment/ System Variable.

1.)           Right-click the My Computer icon.

2.)           Click the Advanced tab.

3.)           Click "Environment Variables".

4.)           Under the System Variables window, click "New".

5.)           In the Variable name field enter ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE

6.)           In the Variable value field enter @YOUR_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS

7.)           Click "Okay" and test the program.

If this does not work- drop your license server firewall and test. If it works, put the firewall back up and make exceptions in the firewall for the signal:

1.) Access Control Panel > Windows Firewall

2.) Click "Advanced Settings"

3.) Click "Inbound Rules"

4.) Click "New Rule"

5.) Click "Port"

6.) Click "Next"

7.) Select TCP

8.) Enter a Specify local port of 2080

9.) Click "Next"

10.) Select "Allow the connection"

11.) Click "Next"

12.) Check all three boxes and click "Next"

13.) Enter a Name of "Autodesk 2080"

14.) Click "Finish"

Create the second port

1.) Access Control Panel > Windows Firewall

2.) Click "Advanced Settings"

3.) Click "Inbound Rules"

4.) Click "New Rule"

5.) Click "Port"

6.) Click "Next"

7.) Select TCP

8.) Enter a Specify local port of 27000

9.) Click "Next"

10.) Select "Allow the connection"

11.) Click "Next"

12.) Check all three boxes and click "Next"

13.) Enter a Name of "Autodesk 27000

14.) Click "Finish"

For this second port, you could enter a range as well 27000-27009

Your version of Windows may have a slightly different interface for the firewall settings. We want inbound tcp 2080 and inbound TCP 27000.

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David Dembkoski

Product Support Specialist

Autodesk Product Support