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BengtSalmose1-Visitor
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November 21, 2013
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Windows 7 firewall license issue Creo1

  • November 21, 2013
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W7 firewall on license server , prevent Creo1 on XP from getting license .

 

From license file

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SERVER HDX PTC_HOSTID=xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx 7788

DAEMON ptc_d "C:\Program Files\FLEXnet Admin License Server\x86e_win64\obj\ptc_d.exe" "C:\Program Files\FLEXnet Admin License Server\licensing\ptc.opt" port=7789

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All TCP/UDP ports in and out for Xtop , nmsd , pro_comm_msg and lmadmin is open but it doesn´t help.

But if incoming TCP port 7788-65535 ( not only 7788 to for example 17171) for all services (not only lmadmin ) is opened it works fine so there is some more service more than lmadmin needing some ports opened ! There is no more services in the list in firewall setup that I can se belongs to Ptc or licensing .

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
November 21, 2013

Bengt,

I think that lmadmin.exe uses port 7788 and ptc_d.exe uses port 7789. So you have to open port for ptc_d.exe.

Martin Hanak

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BengtSalmose1-VisitorAuthor
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November 21, 2013

Since I checked out the license yesterday with the PTC Borrow command , I can´t test it until tomorow.

I found the windows firewall log ( Not easy to find ) . Ptc_d.exe is blocked , incomming TCP random ports . All I found was in between 49000-59999.

I tested license with or without "C:\Program Files\FLEXnet Admin License Server\licensing\ptc.opt" port=7789" but in firewall log there is no 7789 blocking so perhaps this licens file option is something not used anymore.

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
November 22, 2013

Bengt,

according to https://www.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?n=CS45348 adding port keyword is OK.

I do not use FLEXnet 11 available in Creo installation package. I still use FLEXnet 10.8 available in ProE WF5 installation package. This older FLEXnet works with Creo software and I know how it works. Maybe you can try to uninstall FLEXnet 11 and replace it with FLEXnet 10.8, too.

Martin Hanak

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