Current Versions (2008)

In the later versions of our software, we have updated the drivers for our hardware locks. We have also started making USB Network Locks that will take the place of the Parallel Port Network Lock. We also will no longer offer the parallel port single user hardware lock. Instead, there will just be the USB Single User Hardware Locks. Another addition is the ability to edit the netenble.001 file. In the past, this file was a flag to search for a network lock but in these later versions it has been updated to detect all types of locks.

New for SMS 10.0 and GMS 6.5

With SMS 10.0 and GMS 6.5, users can specify the IP address of the server as the first word of the netenble.001 file, or they can be registered as an exception in the windows firewall if they prefer to search for a server.

The netenble.001 file can also be created by hand in a text editor and saved with the .001 extension. Here are the full instructions in the .001 file.

111.222.3.44 (Get license from this IP address or host name only.) *

DEFAULT (Use default mode, same as an empty file.) ***

RNBO_SPN_ALL_MODES (Get license from local lock, then from network broadcast.) *,**

RNBO_SPN_SERVER_MODES (Get license from network broadcast only.) *,**

RNBO_SPN_LOCAL (Get license from local network lock server only.) ****

RNBO_STANDALONE (Get license from local lock only)

RNBO_SPN_DRIVER (Get license from local lock only)

The netenble.001 file can contain the above lines in any order, but only the first word of the file specifies the mode of lock access. If that mode of access fails, then DEFAULT is tried. If DEFAULT fails, then ALL_MODES is tried.

A writable netenble.001 file is overwritten with the mode which succeeds in order to shorten the next attempt
* Network requires a network lock server to be running on some host

** Broadcasting requires a client firewall exception for the application.

*** DEFAULT uses the sntlconfig.xml file if it exists, otherwise it uses the NSP_HOST environment variable if it is set, otherwise it uses RNBO_SPN_ALL_MODES

**** LOCAL requires a lock server to be running on the local system

This file no longer accepts content similar to:

PROTOCOL:IPX/SPX

PROTOCOL:NETBIOS/NETBUI

PROTOCOL:LOCAL

PROTOCOL:

MASK:255.255.255.0