General Licensing: Do I need IPv6 Network License Manager for Windows?

I have installed the IPv4 license tools and I am wondering if I need to download and install the IPv6 license tools?

1.  If the license server is up and Windows XP clients can connect to the license server but Windows Vista & Windows 7 clients can't connect to the license server.

2.  When you run an the command ipconfig -all on your client computers or the license server and there are references to IPv6 in it.   Typically, this would be on a Windows Vista or a Windows 7 computer.

 

The typical upgrade process is to install the  IPv4 license tools first then run the IPv6 update.  The workflow is below:

        1.  Download and Install the IPv4 license tools

• Double-click the nlm_ipv4Support_Win##.exe file on your desktop. This will extract the NLM.msi file to C:\install\Autodesk\NLMIPv4Support_Win## and start the installer wizard.
• If the installer wizard does not start automatically, locate the new NLM.msi file and double-click it to start the installer wizard.
• Follow instructions on the screen.After installation is complete, click Close.

2.   I like to create an IPv4 folder in C:\Program Files\Autodesk Network License Manager and then move all the .exe files into that folder.  This is to backup the older files.

        3.    Download and Extract the IPv6 license tools.

• Double-click the NLM_IPv6Support_Win##.exe file on your desktop.The IPv6 Support files, lmtools.exe, lmutil.exe, lmgrd.exe, and adskflex.exe, are extracted to C:\install\Autodesk\NLMIPv6Support_Win##.
• Copy the new IPv6 Support files from C:\install\Autodesk\NLMIPv6Support_Win## to the location where your existing Autodesk Network License Manager is installed.  i.e. C:\Program Files\Autodesk Network License Manager 

4.  To confirm if you are running the IPv6 of license tools, just check out the IP address field of lmtools.exe interface.

IPv4 Interface - lmtools.exe 

IPv6 interface - lmtools.exe 

NOTE:  If the server is 32 bit, the IP address will look the same.  The screen capture above is on a 64 bit operating system.

5.  I have rarely need to run the IPv6 update for Mac or Linux.  If necessary, the tools are available here.

NOTE:  You can disable IPv6 here:  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929852

Comments

[Jürgen]

Why first install the ipv4 version? Why not only: download ipv6 version of the software, extract, run lmtools and setup the service?

[David Lau]

That is a good question. You can still use the IPv6 .exe files as they are but they will not show up in the Add/Remove Programs. You will need to manually delete them in the next release if there is an update.