The required setup is quite similar to the previous - public - case. The VPN connection needs to be alive for the time of the ARCHICAD usage - network licenses, or for the period of license borrowing and returning - this also means that for these periods active Interned connection is required as in the previous case.A VPN solution is required that needs to be set up correctly.

The CodeMeter server is not a publicly available server.

The key can be accessed only by users who can access the VPN network, CodeMeter server side access control may not even be required.

Advantages and disadvantages of a VPN Connection Advantages Sometimes a re-plug of the key is needed to run the server with new access rights.

The network latency between the server and the client can slow down the work - ARCHICAD accesses the key after regular commands, and the user must wait for the server's answer.

An active Internet connection is needed when ARCHICAD is running - any connection problem will prevent the client from using ARCHICAD.

It is important to know that most of the internet service providers are distributing dynamic IP addresses - which makes hard to handle the rights

The access to the server needs to be controlled, the allowed client's IP addresses have to set one by one.

Using VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection to access the serverĪdvantages and disadvantages of a Public server Advantages.

We suggest using license borrowing or single keys to avoid network related issues. Most of the potential problems are network setting related ones. This is not an officially supported method of use. The Wibu version of this article can be found here, with more detailed network description: Using Wibu key Over the Internet Important to know

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