Commuter license is a feature available for network licenses that enables the user to check out network license from the license server and use it on a client machine without the need to be connected to the network with the license server.

The following two methods and tools are available to check out commuter licenses:

  • Use the WCommute.exe utility for checking out network license for a computer that IS connected to the network with license server.
  • Use the WRCommute.exe utility for checking out network license for a computer that IS NOT connected to the network with license server.

Remote Commuter Licensing

If a laptop computer cannot be physically connected to the SentinelLM license server over a network it is still possible to check out a commuter license. Below is a summary of how to obtain and install a remote commuter license using the  SentinelLM utilities WRCommute and WCommute. More detailed instructions follow. 

  1. A remote user runs WRCommute to generate a locking code for the remote computer, and then sends this locking code to the Administrator who has access to the  SentinelLM license server. 
  2. The Administrator runs WCommute (entering the remote user’s locking code) to check out a commuter license and then sends it back to the remote user. 
  3. The remote user runs WRCommute to install the commuter license. 

NOTES: WRCommute.exe and WCommute.exe are installed with your application.  On operating systems which have enhanced security features, such as  Vista, Windows 7 and Windows server 2008, the Sentinel utilities  WCommute and WRCommute must be run by a person logged on as an  Administrator and “Run as Administrator”. 

IMPORTANT: A remote commuter license cannot be checked back into the license server, but will simply expire on the remote computer.