Network licenses can be borrowed from the license server.

For example, you can borrow a license onto your laptop, and then disconnect from the network and still run Softimage.

To borrow a license:

1. Connect your laptop to the network (so you can access the license server).
2. Start Softimage on your laptop.
3. In Softimage, click Help > About Autodesk Softimage.
4. Click Product License Information.
5. Click Borrow License.
6. Specify a start date and end date for the borrowing period.
7. You can click Help to read the License Borrowing documentation.

A number of customers have had to replace the host name in Autodesk.lic with their IP address.

On Vista, this is because of IPv6.

On Vista, IPv6 is enabled and this causes problems with the license request from Softimage to the license server.

Autodesk released a patch on Feb 27th 2009 for this issue:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=10976858&linkID=9240618

If you install this new version of AdLM, you should be able to use your host name in Autodesk.lic and get a license.