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CmDongle on a Host System
On host systems that use standard operating systems like Windows, Linux, or OS X, the user can install the
CodeMeter Runtime Service on the host system itself, configured as a network license server. For this purpose, the
CmDongle remains connected directly to the host system.
As long as the guest system has a TCP/IP connection with the host and the license has a license quantity of one or
more, software on the guest system can behave like software on a client in the network and use one license on
the host’s network license server. That network license server automatically makes sure that the same license is not
used more times than allowed by the defined license quantity. With a license quantity of one, the license can be
used by only a single guest sys