Got it. Out of the tens of torrents your are currently downloading, none of them are AutoCAD.
Your hear that Autodesk? None. On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > And by the way, that's a joke. > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > >> That reminds me, I need to check my torrents... >> >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Jeff Steward <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I *loathe* FLexLM. When it works, it works, when it doesn't, you get to >>> chase your tail all for the sake of license compliance. Nothing like >>> assuming your customers are thieves from the outset. >>> >>> -Jeff >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:49 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> A customer of mine runs AutoCAD, and the licensing runs on a server (PC >>>> with AutoCAD fires up the app, the app looks to a server for a running >>>> license service and checks out a license. I install it on PC and set up >>>> license server (we’ll call it AutoCADServer) and works peachy for months. >>>> Until today.**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> AutoCADServer does DNS, DHCP, file server (for everyone) and print >>>> server (for Win7 machines only at the moment). TheOtherServer in the same >>>> building is an older machine and is a Domain Controller and print server >>>> for >>>> about 10 XP machines but not much else. I am going to decommission >>>> TheOtherServer, but one step at a time so I DCPROMO it last Thursday. See >>>> any correlation with DCPROMO and the AutoCAD PC or the license service on >>>> AutoCADServer? Me either.**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> I am onsite Friday AM to make sure there are no problems logging in or >>>> printing and all is reported cool. (well, I did have to reauthorize the >>>> DHCP >>>> server) Did I mention the one AutoCAD users is on vacation this day? That’s >>>> OK I didn’t know either, but I figured it didn’t matter since I’m not >>>> touching that server.**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> Today I am onsite and the AutoCAD guy says he can’t use AutoCAD. I check >>>> it out and I get a “Cannot get license from license server”. Okay fine, I >>>> check out the FlexLM service diagnostics on AutoCADLicense and it says all >>>> good. Hit AutoDesk forums and they point me to log files to check out. Log >>>> files say “Server node is down or not responding”. I do the usual restart >>>> services check the firewall settings etc on the server. No change.**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> The support forums (AutoDesk, IBM, ESRI and all sorts of vendors use the >>>> FlexLM license service) **ALL** point to firewall or connectivity >>>> issues . I turn off the firewall on the PC. No change. Off on the server. >>>> No >>>> change.**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> You probably all know Win7 has 3 kinds of network places: Domain, home >>>> and public. Guess what? Somehow the AutoCAD PC decided it’s local network >>>> connection is now “Public” instead of “Work”. Firewall settings are >>>> completely different for those areas, and once I change the network to >>>> think >>>> it’s back on the work LAN, poof, the firewall GPO’s properly take effect >>>> and >>>> all is good.**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> I never touched the AutoCAD PC, and the users aren’t local admins on >>>> their box so they can’t change it. **** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> I have a theory on what happened: For the time when the DHCP server >>>> wasn’t operating due to not thinking it was any longer authorized, the >>>> AutoCAD PC tried to get a DHCP address, got nothing, so made up one of it’s >>>> own (169.x.x.x or whatever MS has them default to) and said “Yo I am now on >>>> a Public network”, and after I fixed the DHCP issue it picked up the new IP >>>> address but didn’t feel like changing itself back to “Domain” network.* >>>> *** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> Anyone know if I’m close? This one was tough because I was led all over >>>> the place.**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> *David Lum* * >>>> *Systems Engineer // NWEATM >>>> Office 503.548.5229 //* *Mobile 503.267.9764**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>>> >>>> --- >>>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>>> or send an email to [email protected] >>>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>>> >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >>> --- >>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> or send an email to [email protected] >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
