Commuter Licensing
Before your network user checks out a commuter authorization, make sure that the user’s portable computer:
Has the protected application installed and ready to use. Remember that the application must be able to run off 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). License can also be checked out for a computer that cannot access the server. Any other computer which is connected to the server can check out a license for the remote computer, using remote checkout.
Is connected to the network.
Has access to the Wcommute or lcommute utility. Wcommute is a Windows-interface utility; lcommute is a command-line utility for UNIX or Windows.