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Mac OS tends to change the computer name when switching from network access type, e.g. from cabled network card to wireless network card, resulting in a different Composite host ID (CID), leading to an unavailable NX license.
Solution
This can be prevented by assigning a fixed computer name in the files :
Location Filename Value
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/etc/ hostconfig HOSTNAME = MyNewName
/etc/ hosts 127.0.0.1 LOCALHOST
127.0.0.1 MyNewName
The "hostconfig" and "hosts" files are to be found in the hidden folder "/etc", in the Finder --> Go-Go to Folder --> /etc, this will display the folder and its contents.
Note : For a simple Server/Client installation (1 user), the computer name can be replaced by "127.0.0.1", but if a Mac is to be used as license server for multiple computers, it needs to have a unique name in the
network.
Notes and References
Hardware/Software Configuration
Platform: MAC
OS: mac
OS Version: 10.10
Product: NX
Application: PLATFORMS
Version: V10.0
Function: FLEXLM
Ref: 002-7006973