A network license provides flexibility of license use throughout an organization. License seats are hosted on a network license server machine using the FlexNet License Manager tools. Licenses can then be check out an borrowed from the server on end user machines running the Global Mapper program.
Network licenses do require network communication between the server and end user machines. Additionally, this license type does support remote desktop protocol for licensing Global Mapper on machines that will be remotely accessed.
Network License Connection
Once a machine has been connected to a network license, the path to the license server is stored in a *.lic file in C:\ProgramData\GlobalMapper\ . Make sure a borrow is not specified in the file (it can be read with a plain text editor like Notepad).
This file can be copied to the same path on all end user machines to automatically connect to the network license.
Network License Server Requirements
Here are the requirements for a network server hosting Global Mapper licenses.
- Operating System: Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2020, Windows Server 2022, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11.
- The License utilities use on average between 7 - 10 MB of memory and minimal disc space.
- Network Communication: The license server needs to communicate with client machines on the network, either by opening the TCP/IP ports used by the licensing utilities (lmgrd.exe and bmgeo.exe) and specified in the license file, or by white-listing the license utilities directly. For more information see Network License Troubleshooting
It is not recommended to run Global Mapper on the same machine as the network license server.