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It is then possible to see if it responds. When pinging the server, your computer sends a short message to the server. You can easily check if your computer communicates with your server by Pinging it. Since the obtaining of a license is dependent of your connection to the server, i usually recommend that people look here first.
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This is also applicable to other SOLIDWORKS products using a license manager.Īs I stated in my previous blog post, it is very important to take note of the error message you receive.įor the most part the error message gives you a pretty good idea on how to proceed. The License manager is backward compatible, meaning that it is possible to have a license server that is 2020 and a SOLIDWORKS that is 2019, but not the other way around. I will focus on the error messages received by the end users. The error messages when activating on the server are very similar to the error messages on a standalone license which you can read about in this blog post. The license is only as a rule activated one time on the server. Not only can you activate the license from the license server but you are also able to borrow a license. It is an activation system where the user gets his/hers license from a License server.īy using this activation system, more users are able to use one license. SNL is short for Solidworks Network License. Often these messages are not the same as the activation error messages you recieve when performing standalone activation What is SNL? Working with SOLIDWORKS on an SNL server, you can sometimes experience an Activation error message.