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14 Installing SmartKey on a network
SmartKey NET can be used with any type of local network, thanks to the supplied support software. In particular, the
software is designed for two different types of network:
• Network: Novell Netware 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, 6.x. In this case SmartKey NET is located on the server of the network
on which the appropriate SmartKey NLM (Novell Loadable Module) driver must be loaded.
•
Non Novell Netware. Irrespective of the type of server and network, SmartKey NET can be used by connecting
it to any of the PCs on the network.
Furthermore, you can choose from the following communication protocols:
• TCPIP: Standard protocol for data transmission between computers
•
IPX: Protocol normally used in Novell networks.
•
ANP: Data transmission protocol via shared files. We advise you to use this protocol when neither TCPIP nor
IPX can be used. ANP is still available only to guarantee compatibility with old DOS programs.
According to the selected protocol, it will be possible to use the dongle remotely on PCs with the following operating
systems, and according to the following scheme:
SmartKey Client IPX TCPIP ANP
DOS
 
Windows 3.x
  
Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
  
Mac OS X Intel/PowerPC

Table 47
Protocols supported by SmartKeys installed on client computers
The dongle will, instead, be physically installed on a PC to be named KeyServer. The KeyServer could be the network
server or a generic Client PC. The server can use one of the following operating systems according to the protocol used:
SmartKey Server IPX TCPIP ANP
DOS

Windows 3.x

Windows 9x NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
 
Novell 3.x/4.x

Novell 5.x/6.x
 
Linux i386 2.4.x/2.6.x

Mac OS X Intel/PowerPC

Table 48
Table of protocols supported by SmartKey installed on server computer
14.1 TCPIP protocol
The TCP/IP protocol can be used on any network that supports it, not including Novell 3.x/4.x networks.
The protocol does not put any constraints on the choice of the SmartKey server, which can be either a network server or
a generic client server.
To use the protocol:
•
Find out the network address of the PC on which the SmartKey dongle and server will be installed.
•
Check if the SmartKey server PC can be reached by all the other PCs through the network.
•
Find a free TCP/UDP port, to be used for the communication. The port' s number must be in the range from
1024 and 49151 to avoid conflict with other protocols: 13527 for example.