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# Directly Obtaining Commuter Licenses

Before your network users check out commuter licenses, they should make sure of the following:

- The portable computer must have a copy of the licensed application installed and ready to use. Remember, the application must be able to run off the network.
- The system is connected to the network.
- Has network access to the appropriate License Manager. (You do not need to set the lshost file or LSHOST or LSFORCEHOST environment variables to contact a specific License Manager because your user will be able to request a specific License Manager when using the commuter licensing utility).
- Has access to the Wcommute or lcommute utility. Wcommute is a Windows-interface utility for checking out and checking in the commuter licenses. lcommute is a command-line utility for UNIX or Windows.

See Also:

- Using Wcommute
- Using lcommute