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I have software that requires that I establish a connection to our server "SERVER01" which I am connecting via VPN to the domain "DOMAIN01" The license will not permit me to use the following connection strings (which all work)

  • "SERVER01.DOMAIN01.Local"
  • "192.168.168.168"

Unfortunately, from my PC, I cannot just use the string "SERVER01" which is what the license is looking for. What do I need to configure on my pc. to make it establish the connection correctly. Any help will be appreciated.

I have edited the hosts file on my own pc, and that solves the issue. however I would like to know what is the best setup so that I can minimise the issue across the organisation:

  • is there a certain name that is better for the license key (ip, vs domain name, vs fully qualified vs some other variant)
  • The problem is a lot easier when all hosts are on the same domain, my problem occurs when a pc is off the domain but connected to the VPN.

At the end of the day, I would like to ask the tool vendor to provide me with a license key for a server - and have the least impact to changes on the server

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  • May be, you can add an entry for SERVER01 in your local pc's hosts file pointing to the server ip. – Diamond Jan 22 '16 at 07:51
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  • Possible duplicate of [Can you help me with my software licensing issue?](http://serverfault.com/questions/215405/can-you-help-me-with-my-software-licensing-issue) – kasperd Jan 22 '16 at 17:16

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You need to add an entry for SERVER01 pointing to the server ip address in the local pc's hosts file as below:

192.168.168.168  SERVER01

In windows:

%systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts, which in most cases is:

c:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts.

In linux it is: /etc/hosts

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