Please refer to the NETWORK.WRI file located in the root of the FEMAP v7 CD for installation and detailed instructions for installing the Network Server portion of the FlexLM License Manager used with FEMAP v7.
In short, the Network Server Installation pieces on this CD allow you to install the server side of the FlexLM License Manager. Instead of a hardware key attached to the parallel port of your computer, the FlexLM License Manager allows one computer on your network to act a server of FEMAP licenses. FlexLM will be set up to run all the time on the server machine, and based on a license file provided by Enterprise Software Products, Inc., the server will hand out FEMAP licenses and control what options are available.
Important - If you wish to install FEMAP standalone, but using the FlexLM license manager you do not need to install the server side of the FlexLM software.
Using the address of the ethernet network card inside of a single machine, ESP can generate a FlexLM license file that will allow FEMAP to run on that computer, but will not allow that license to float to another computer on the network. Often, especially in evaluation sititutions, it is quicker and easier to set up a node-locked Flex license for one computer, and then worry about setting up floating network licenses when the purchased version of FEMAP is installed.