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# Computer Information

The DANTE software supports floating license and node-locked license. The MAC address and computer/server name for the designated computer (server) is required for DANTE to generate the license keys. The MAC address can be obtained by running the following commands in a DOS command window.

***lmhostid*** or ***ipconfig*** on Windows platform

***lmhostid*** or ***ifconfig*** on Linux platform

***lmhostid*** can be accessed from the downloaded DANTE package, ***ipconfig*** comes with Windows OS, and ***ifconfig*** comes with Linux OS.

*lmhostid* *is the preferred command to obtain the computer MAC address, and the command is recommended to run from command prompt. **"ipconfig" and "ifconfig" may give multiple MAC addresses, which could be incorrect.***

Below is an example to run lmhostid command from Windows command prompt. (use cd command to change the directory where lmhostid.exe is stored, and execute the command “lmhostid”

***lmhostid***

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“ipconfig -all” command can be executed in any windows command directory ( “> computer\_info.txt” can be added to the command to store the results to this file instead of showing on the screen)

***Ipconfig –all > computer\_info.txt***

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On Linux platform, the command to execute the command “lmhostid” is

***./lmhostid***

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“ifconfig” command can also be used as shown below.

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Please email the MAC address information or the generated file, *computer\_info.txt* to DANTE Solutions to obtain the DANTE license.