About Commuter Licensing > 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 server. (You do not need to set the lshost file or LSHOST or LSFORCEHOST environment variables to contact a specific license server because your user will be able to request a specific license server 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.