If you are setting up a Firewall exception for Autodesk Network Licensing, you will need to know the following:
The default license file will start with the following 3 lines:
SERVER Your-SERVER-name 0025b3282c6b
USE_SERVER
VENDOR adskflex port=2080
To force the lmgrd to use a particular port, just edit the network license file as noted below:
SERVER Your-SERVER-name 0025b3282c6b 27000
USE_SERVER
VENDOR adskflex port=2080
You do not need to change 2080 as this port has been reserved for Autodesk.
Firewall exception instructions are as noted below:
The client license, if you have added the custom port on the server license file would be:
SERVER Your-SERVER-name 0 27000
USE_SERVER
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lmgrd.exe uses ports 27000~27009. It's also good to add all four of the NLM files to the exception list as well:
lmgrd.exe
lmutil.exe
lmtools.exe
adskflex.exe
If you have other vendors in addition to the Autodesk products (i.e. Minitab, VMWare, Ansys, etc.) be sure to add the appropriate vendor .exe and port number also.
On Windows Server 2008 R2, I added inbound TCP rules for the ports described.
Still clients can only connect when I disable the firewall completely. I even tried adding all exe files and it still doesn't work with the Firewall enabled. Any ideas?
The error on the client machine is:
Flexnet License Manager
Networking Error: Server ("myserver") not responding. Please contact System Administrator for assistance.
As soon as I disable the firewall on the server, the error goes away. I'm a bit confused as I added exceptions for all recommended ports and programs.
Finally figured it out. I had to enable the Ping Firewall rule called "File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-In)"
David,
First of all, Good Post!I
I have a few questions for you, and I hope someone would answer since this post is about a year old...
1. Can I change the port number to something other than 27000 - 27009 to something like 6799?
2. Can I have all of my licenses (which utilizes different vendor daemons) into one license file that is configured as one service within LMTOOLS?
Thanks!
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Thanks for the reply Travis. However, in you other post regarding combining licenses, it also reads you must create different services for each vendor's license.
Here's a snippet from your other post regarding combining license files:
Also, in regard to the port numbers, the following link suggest using ports 27000 - 27009. Here's a snippet as well as a link to the page:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=2865829&linkID=9240617
I just want to make sure I'm doing the right thing before implimenting, and 90+ users are sitting around without licenses.
Thanks for all of you help!
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Ok, that make sense! Thanks Travis.
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I've made another addition to my KB post on this issue with an example of how to combine license files from different products. Hope that helps future members.
Just to be clear, if I specify the lmgrd port in the license file - I still need to open TCP ports 27000-27009 in the firewall? I have other flexlm licenses already being served on ports 27000 - 27004 and 27006
This is specified in the AutoDesk license file:
SERVER licenseservername 0050569A251A 27005
USE_SERVER
VENDOR adskflex port=2080
thanks,
aberdamy
Aberdamy,
Yes, you still need to open the ports via the firewall. Or, just change the port criteria to 27000 - 27006.
Also, if you open ports 27000-27009, there's no need to specify a particular port (within the license file) because it'll find the next available port to use.
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Ok thanks guys. I guess I'm just wondering why it needs to have all of those ports open even while specifying a port in the license file. We don't have any redundant Autodesk license managers so i'm not really worried about that but it makes it difficult to run other flexlm products on defined flexlm ports and still lock down firewall rules.
I saw another post that said ICMP must be allowed as well for clients to check out a license is that true?
We are having some issues with specific clients checking out licenses after we updated the license manager on a different server and migrated the license over.
Aberdamy
Hi Southerner,
Change the contents in the license to include the 27000 in the following area.
SERVER name 0000111122223333 27000
USE_SERVER
VENDOR adskflex port=2080
After changing the license file, open the license manager utility to Stop then Start the server.
Next, on the client machines modify the Environment Variable to match the following:
ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE
27000@servername; 27000@server-IP-Address
The application should open alot faster.
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@david.lau wrote:
NOTE: For Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, you can actually put in a range of ports. i.e. 27000-27009. You may not need to force the system to look at a particular port number i.e. 27000.Question: Very old post here. I have users who have just relocated into a new office building a bit more than a month ago, 80% or so brand new LAN. Since moving I have several users getting nearly daily disconnects fromt the license manager.What about under Windows Server 2012 R2... can you also do a range of ports?... if so is is like this?...SERVER Your-SERVER-name 0025b3282c6b 27000-27009
USE_SERVER
VENDOR adskflex port=2080
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