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+ | ======How Does Rhino for Windows Find a LAN Zoo Server? | ||
+ | > **Product: | ||
+ | > **Summary: | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Overview===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | When Rhino needs a license from a LAN Zoo server, it determines the name of the LAN Zoo server by looking in the following locations **in this order**: | ||
+ | - The Current User hive of the Windows Registry. Looks for the host name or IP address of your LAN Zoo server. | ||
+ | - The Local Machine hive of the Windows Registry. Looks for the host name or IP address of your LAN Zoo server. | ||
+ | - Queries your Domain Name System (DNS) server for the default LAN Zoo server name. | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Rhino 8, 7 and 6 for Windows===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Registry Lookup - Current user=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | When searching in '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER | ||
+ | Key: | ||
+ | Name: Server | ||
+ | Type: REG_SZ | ||
+ | Value: <host name or IP address> | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Registry Lookup - Local machine=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | When searching in '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | ||
+ | Key: | ||
+ | Name: Server | ||
+ | Type: REG_SZ | ||
+ | Value: <host name or IP address> | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | > **Note:** //Both deploying Rhino using the [[rhino: | ||
+ | |||
+ | > A license key file will be created in %programdata%. This will have the key details so Rhino can open. Example: 55500d41-3a41-4474-99b3-684032a4f4df.lic in the C: | ||
+ | |||
+ | > Right click on the Rhino program icon and pick "Run as Admin." | ||
+ | |||
+ | > Open Rhino normally (unelevated) and the registry key is place in | ||
+ | Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\McNeel\Rhinoceros\6.0\License Manager | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | =====Rhino 5 for Windows===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Registry Lookup - Current user=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | When searching in '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER | ||
+ | Key: | ||
+ | Name: Server | ||
+ | Type: REG_SZ | ||
+ | Value: <host name or IP address> | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Registry Lookup - Local machine=== | ||
+ | If you are using a 32-bit version of Windows, then when searching in '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | ||
+ | Key: | ||
+ | Name: Server | ||
+ | Type: REG_SZ | ||
+ | Value: <host name or IP address> | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you are using a 64-bit version of Windows, then when searching in '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | ||
+ | Key: | ||
+ | Name: Server | ||
+ | Type: REG_SZ | ||
+ | Value: <host name or IP address> | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Using DNS===== | ||
+ | If Rhino fails to determines the name of the LAN Zoo server, by searching in the Windows Registry, then it will query your DNS server for the default Zoo server, which is the following host name: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | __mcneel.__zoo5 | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | For example, if your company' | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | |||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Additional DNS Details ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * If a LAN Zoo server name is found in the Windows Registry, then Rhino will only try to access a license from this location. | ||
+ | * If the name of the LAN Zoo, found in the registry, resolves to a DNS A record, and the system that resolved to this record is off, then Rhino will be unable to obtain a license. | ||
+ | * On the other hand, if the name of the LAN Zoo, found in the registry, resolves to a DNS CNAME record, then the DNS server will resolve to whatever location is hosting a running LAN Zoo service.// | ||
+ | * If a LAN Zoo server name is not found in the Windows Registry, then Rhino will look for a license by trying to resolve the automatic server name of | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | __mcneel.__zoo5 | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | as documented above. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * An IT professional will be helpful when configuring your DNS server. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{tag> |