I know that Flexlm does support USB dongle based licenses, we used to offer them at genarts for an additional fee for the dongle. Might be an adminstrative pain for The Foundry and you are on the hook if you lose the dongle but it should work. I would assume RLM supports this too.
On Nov 17, 2012, at 5:59 PM, Frank Rueter <fr...@beingfrank.info> wrote: > Just yo say that I too would love a portable license server solution. As much > as I need my laptop most of the time that I need a Nuke license, it does seem > a little over the top for jobs that I bring my own license to and am provided > with a workstation. > > What are the plans for FLEX anyway? Will it be replaced by RLM eventually? > It seems to make sense to only have to deal with one kind of license managing > system for all Foundry products. > And would RLM be capable of such a portable solution? > > Also, what about FLEX's "checkout/checkin" features to temporarily "borrow" a > licenses between machines. Will that sort of thing be available for Foundry > products eventually? It certainly would make life easier for those > freelancers that own a license as part of their compositing services and work > both fro home and on site. > > Thanks for bringing this up, I'm keen to hear opinions on this. > > frank > > > On 17/11/12 10:44 PM, adam jones wrote: >> Hey >> >> good idea >> >> yeah I worked on a gig where all the floating licenses for the 3d software >> the studio was using came from abroad via the net. >> >> defiantly worth some investigation. >> >> -adam >> >> >> On 17/11/2012, at 10:25 PM, ArnoB <n...@rgbaz.eu> wrote: >> >>> doesn't the new FLEXlm manager see multiple MAC addresses now? >>> >>> similar to RLM? >>> >>> I use a USB dongle which doesn't show up as the first nic in the list. >>> Nuke runs fine with it. This wasn't the case with the former FLEXlm >>> servers... >>> >>> Another option is to make the FLEXlm server available on the web. >>> It runs like any other server (apache, ftp, etc) so it should be accessible >>> from outside... >>> >>> >>> Arno >>> >>> >>> On 17 nov 2012, at 07:49, Deke Kincaid wrote: >>> >>>> Raspberry Pi is an Arm chip, not x86, so you can't run the Foundry license >>>> server software on it. >>>> >>>> -deke >>>> >>>> On Nov 16, 2012, at 22:03, Marten Blumen <mar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> very cool idea, a quick google search says it runs linux and has a MAC >>>>> address. everything you need. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 17 November 2012 18:52, adam jones <adam....@mac.com> wrote: >>>>>> Hey >>>>>> >>>>>> I just had a thought, do you think you could use one of those USB size >>>>>> linux computers you can get these days? >>>>>> >>>>>> The Raspberry PI ones does that run normal linux software? >>>>>> >>>>>> -adam >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 17/11/2012, at 5:56 PM, Marty Blumen <mar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Unfortunately you'll have to carry around a lappy >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from iEarth >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 17/11/2012, at 16:41, adam jones <adam....@mac.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hey all >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I guess this is more of a support question but I think I will start my >>>>>>>> research here. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Its come to that time that I should purchase a personal >>>>>>>> copy / license for myself of nuke. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So my question is, I know you can get a floating license but is there >>>>>>>> way this license be on a USB key or (i do hate this word) dongle so >>>>>>>> that I can use it on my home machine and when travelling use it on my >>>>>>>> lappy or even when am at a studio that does not have a copy of nuke >>>>>>>> stick it in that box and use nuke. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I don't really want to carry around my lappy and use it as a license >>>>>>>> server. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -adam >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Nuke-users mailing list >>>>>>>> Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>>>>>>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Nuke-users mailing list >>>>>>> Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>>>>>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Nuke-users mailing list >>>>>> Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>>>>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Nuke-users mailing list >>>>> Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>>>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Nuke-users mailing list >>>> Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, >>>> http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Nuke-users mailing list >>> Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users
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