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Quoting Paul Sutton <psutton@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi
>
> With regard to client licences, NT server and Win2k, how does the user /
> client licencing situation work, I have the impression that if I have say
> 15
> user workstations I need to add 15 client licences to the server in order
> for all of them to be able to connect,. is this for each user account, or
> just for each computer,
You need to have one 'CAL' on your server for every computer that will be
accessing the server.
> in thinking that if I have a Linux server and 50 Nt work stations, I only
> need to pay for the NT software licences, and not have to pay a additional
> fee for each client linked to the server. (and of course the licences for
> office and any other software I would want to use).
Yes, If you have a Linux server running Samba you can do away with the NT/2000
server and CAL's. The only licence you will require is the copy of Windows and
software on the clients.
We have a Win 2K server (for political reasons only) running as our PDC, and
then 4 Linux servers providing user areas, email, proxy, printing and
multimedia. The only licences on the servers are for the Win2k server.
> I am not fully sure what the problem is, and don't really understand
> client
> licences I have a very rough idea. But a while back at the other school
> where I work we added a 15 station computer suite and not all the children
> could log on at the same time, however I could log on to around 5 machines
> as me, and so could the teacher as himself, the technician had to add
> clients to the server or something (NT with Win98 clients). and this fixed
> the problem.
There are two ways of addings CALS to the server, per 'seat' or something else
but this changed with Windows 2000 i believe.
Adam
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