Question

Assume, for example, you are setting up a local license server tied to a FlexID 10 dongle using the .NET XT FNE 2016 R2 toolkit on 64 bit Windows, as the Ethernet MAC address will not work for your business plan.

Following the FNE_LicenseServerAdminGuide_2016 document, you've tried to put "ACTIVE_HOSTID=FLEXID10=a1b2c3d4" (or whatever the actual ID was for the dongle) and a few variations on that.

You received one of two results from everything you tried:

1. The server would not start (you are assuming because the syntax of that line was incorrect).
2. The server would start and use the MAC address (ignoring that line altogether).

You have confirmed the dongle driver is installed (and you are able to use the dongle with other applications of your product, just not the license server), so this really just seems like a configuration issue. What is the problem?

Answer

From flexnetls.settings:

#Active hostid in <value>/<type> format, such as C001D9999/Ethernet. If not set will use default hostid
#ACTIVE_HOSTID=

So, the correct syntax for the above example would be:

ACTIVE_HOSTID=a1b2c3d4/FLEXID10