6. Dongle installation and usage


A dongle is a small piece of hardware that is inserted in the USB port. The dongle provides a unique ID (a host ID) to which the license is tied. This will allow any computer to which the dongle is connected to act as a license server and run MOSEK. For a detailed description of the license system please see Chapter 5.

Please note using a dongle to provide a host ID is optional since a network card Ethernet address can be used as a host ID.

The dongle driver and license system software must be installed on any machine the dongle will be used on. To install the dongle follow the instruction below on every machine the dongle will be used on:

6.1. Connecting the dongle

When reconnecting the dongle after use on another computer it is advisable to insert the dongle before booting the computing. If the dongle is inserted after reboot it must be attached by clicking on Attach dongle in Mosek Optimization tools 6.0.

6.2. License checkout from client computer

The machine that has the dongle connected to it and is running the license server may optionally act as license server for other machines connected to it over the network.

To see how other machines should be made to connect to the license server please see Section 8.1.2.4.

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