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-======How Does Rhino for Windows Find a Zoo Server?======+======How Does Rhino for Windows Find a LAN Zoo Server?======
  
-> **Product:** //[[zoo:home|Zoo]]//+> **Product:** //[[zoo:home|LAN Zoo]]//
 > **Summary:** //An overview of how Rhino for Windows finds a Zoo license manager server.// > **Summary:** //An overview of how Rhino for Windows finds a Zoo license manager server.//
  
 =====Overview===== =====Overview=====
  
-When Rhino needs a license from a Zoo server, it determines the name of the Zoo server by looking in the following locations **in this order**: +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 Zoo server. +  - 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 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 Zoo server name.+  - Queries your Domain Name System (DNS) server for the default LAN Zoo server name.
    
 =====Rhino 8, 7 and 6 for Windows===== =====Rhino 8, 7 and 6 for Windows=====
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 ===Registry Lookup - Current user=== ===Registry Lookup - Current user===
  
-When searching in ''HKEY_CURRENT_USER'', of the Windows Registry, for the host name or IP address of your Zoo server, Rhino will look in this location:+When searching in ''HKEY_CURRENT_USER'', of the Windows Registry, for the host name or IP address of your LAN Zoo server, Rhino will look in this location:
  
 <code> <code>
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 ===Registry Lookup - Local machine=== ===Registry Lookup - Local machine===
  
-When searching in ''HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE'', of the Windows Registry, for the host name or IP address of your Zoo server, Rhino will look in this location: **SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node**+When searching in ''HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE'', of the Windows Registry, for the host name or IP address of your LAN Zoo server, Rhino will look in this location: **SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node**
    
 <code> <code>
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 > 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:\ProgramData\McNeel\Rhinoceros\6.0\License Manager\Licenses. > 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:\ProgramData\McNeel\Rhinoceros\6.0\License Manager\Licenses.
 +
 +> Right click on the Rhino program icon and pick "Run as Admin." Your registry entry for the LAN Zoo will be created in the Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\McNeel\Rhinoceros\6.0\License Manager
 +
 +> Open Rhino normally (unelevated) and the registry key is place in
 +Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\McNeel\Rhinoceros\6.0\License Manager
 +
 +=====Rhino For Mac====
 +Rhino looks in the following location for a path to LAN Zoo:
 +`/Users/Shared/McNeel/Rhinoceros/8.0/License Manager/LicensesZooClient.settings`
 +
 +
 +Rhino will create this file with the proper contents when you license Rhino using LAN Zoo. Copy the file to the same folder on other computers to complete the deployment.
  
 =====Rhino 5 for Windows===== =====Rhino 5 for Windows=====
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 ===Registry Lookup - Current user=== ===Registry Lookup - Current user===
  
-When searching in ''HKEY_CURRENT_USER'', of the Windows Registry, for the host name or IP address of your Zoo server, both 32-bit and 64-bit Rhino will look in this location:+When searching in ''HKEY_CURRENT_USER'', of the Windows Registry, for the host name or IP address of your LAN Zoo server, both 32-bit and 64-bit Rhino will look in this location:
  
 <code> <code>
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 ===Registry Lookup - Local machine=== ===Registry Lookup - Local machine===
-If you are using a 32-bit version of Windows, then when searching in ''HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE'', of the Windows Registry, for the host name or IP address of your Zoo server, Rhino 32-bit will look in this location:+If you are using a 32-bit version of Windows, then when searching in ''HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE'', of the Windows Registry, for the host name or IP address of your LAN Zoo server, Rhino 32-bit will look in this location:
  
 <code> <code>
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 </code> </code>
  
-If you are using a 64-bit version of Windows, then when searching in ''HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE'', of the Windows Registry, for the host name or IP address of your Zoo server, both 32-bit and 64-bit Rhino will look in this location:+If you are using a 64-bit version of Windows, then when searching in ''HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE'', of the Windows Registry, for the host name or IP address of your LAN Zoo server, both 32-bit and 64-bit Rhino will look in this location:
  
 <code> <code>
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 =====Using DNS===== =====Using DNS=====
-If Rhino fails to determines the name of the 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:+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:
  
 <code> <code>
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 </code> </code>
  
-For example, if your company's domain is //mcneel.com//, then you can add a DNS alias of //<nowiki>__mcneel.__zoo5.mcneel.com</nowiki>// which points to your Zoo server.+For example, if your company's domain is //mcneel.com//, then you can add a DNS alias of //<nowiki>__mcneel.__zoo5.mcneel.com</nowiki>// which points to your LAN Zoo server.
  
 {{:zoo:dnsalias.png}} {{:zoo:dnsalias.png}}
  
 \\ \\
 +
 +===== 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.//This is standard DNS operation//.
 +  * 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 
 +
 +<code>
 +__mcneel.__zoo5
 +</code>
 +
 +as documented above.
 +
 +  * An IT professional will be helpful when configuring your DNS server.  
  
 {{tag>Zoo}} {{tag>Zoo}}
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