Network sniffer shows it as multiple local network UDP transmits and receives -- all on port 138.
John Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bagotronix Tech Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 7:15 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] License Issues > I don't know for sure how the license manager works, but I think it probably > uses a UDP broadcast over the LAN to "discover" other copies of the program. > > If this is the case, it might be possible to block some UDP ports on your PC > with firewall software. Norton Personal Firewall, perhaps? Each machine > would think it is the only one running Protel, so the license couldn't > "float". Of course, make sure you have one license for each machine you > want to run Protel on ;-) > > Finding which UDP ports to block might be tricky. Using tcpdump in Linux > and having it filter out UDP broadcast packets would be the way I'd try it > (if I were to do so). Make sure you don't disable all UDP activity, because > Netbios uses UDP to manage Samba (Windows) networks. > > I don't know how this would affect your ability to share libraries. It > might work OK, work some, or not at all. > > Best regards, > Ivan Baggett > Bagotronix Inc. > website: www.bagotronix.com > > ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: 2E2E1A1761667941A94DED15D999EA4B4CA7BE08 * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
