Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 1217

The Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog appears. 4 Choose "Use The Following IP Address". 5 In the box for IP Address, enter the address for that machine. Check your list to make sure the entry is correct. 6 In the box for Subnet Mask, type these numbers (these are the same for every machine): 255.255.255.0 If you are on a large corporate network, this subnet mask might be different. In this case, use the mask that your network administrator specified. Also, change the network mask when setting up a server to connect to a manager as well as in the Network Job Assignment dialog to match the subnet mask in order for Automatic Search to work. 7 Click OK to close each dialog in turn. Windows XP finishes configuring the software. 8 Reboot the computer to complete the configuration. 9 Repeat all the steps on this page on every machine in your network. Remember that each machine needs to have a unique IP Address and machine name so no conflicts arise. Creating a Special User Account If you run the Server as a Service, you should create a special user account, which gives the Server the right to access other machines on the network for necessary maps, xrefs and output directories. This account must be identical across all rendering server machines. By assigning a user to the rendering Server service, you configure the rendering server to operate with the permissions and access rights of that user account. Without this assignment, the rendering server operates with system permissions, which do not let the server service access map, xref, image, or output directories on other machines. NOTE These steps require you to have administrative privileges on every machine where you set up this account. For the following procedures, Windows XP was set to display a Classic Windows interface. 6472 | Chapter 20 Rendering