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Network Configuration Options
You can set up a MATLAB network installation in two configurations:
Remote Client Access Configuration
In a remote client access configuration, you install MATLAB and the license manager on a central file server. (These instructions refer to this system as your license server.) Users on client systems access MATLAB over the network. This figure shows one possible configuration. The license manager (FLEXlm) and MATLAB can be installed on the same server or on separate servers.
If your license server is a PC, follow the instructions in Basic Network Installation Procedure. If your license server is a UNIX system, follow the instructions in the installation documentation for UNIX systems. A UNIX license server can serve PC clients and a PC server can serve UNIX clients.
In remote client access configurations, it can be helpful to give clients a script that sets up a shortcut to the network copy of MATLAB and specifies a default startup folder for MATLAB. See Licensing Components for more setup suggestions.
Local Client Access Configuration
In a local client access configuration, you install the license manager on a server and you install MATLAB on each client system. When users on client systems start MATLAB, it contacts the license manager over the network to check out a license key. This figure shows one possible configuration.
You use the same basic network installation procedure to install MathWorks products on a client system. However, there are some differences. See Installing MATLAB on a Client System for complete information.
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