​​Identify your HostID
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  • ​​NOTE — This guide applies only to the Pro Version of Multiverse. The Free Version uses online cloud validation and only requires one to register with an e-mail, to which a license will be automatically sen. For more info see: ​+Licensing the Multiverse Free Version​.
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​​This simple guide helps you locate the HostID, a unique machine identifier for the license server that will spawn floating licenses in your network for the Multiverse Pro Version.  
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  • ​​Trivia — the HostID is typically the “MAC address” where MAC stands for “Media Access Control” network identifier, and really is totally unrelated to the Apple Macintosh.

​​On Windows

​​On Windows, start a command prompt and type the ipconfig /all​ command, then press enter. In the command output, look for the “Physical Address”.
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​​C:\ipconfig /all
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​​Windows IP Configuration
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​​Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Multiverse-PC
​​Primary Dns Suffix:
​​Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
​​IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
​​WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
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​​Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
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​​Connection-specific DNS Suffix:
​​Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
​​Physical Address . . . . . . . .  . . . : 00-BA-DD-EC-AF-00
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​​In the example above (on line 13) the HostID would be 00BADDECAF00​ (you shall ignore the dashes). You may obtain a more complex output because of:
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  • ​​Multiple physical addresses — If the ipconfig /all​ command output shows multiple physical addresses you shall look for:
  • ​​The "Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection" (if you are on a Desktop and generally use a wired connection)
  • ​​The "Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection" (if you are on a laptop and generally use a wireless connection)
  • ​​If you have two network cards, and only one has an associated IP address then use the MAC address of the card with the IP address.
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  • ​​“Media State: Media disconnected” — If an adapter has “Media State: Media disconnected" you probably don't want to use that HostID address. If you're not sure simply contact us and make sure to include the output of the ipconfig /all​ command.
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​​On Linux

​​On Linux, start a terminal and type the ifconfig -a​ command, then press enter. In the command output, look for the “ether” or “Ethernet HWaddr” (the exact output also depends from your Linux distribution).
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​​[joebang@localhost ~] ifconfig -a
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​​ens33: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
​​        inet 172.16.201.243  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 172.16.201.255
​​        inet6 fe80::b22:2348:cc24:6457  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
​​        ether 00:DE:AD:BE:EF:00  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
​​        RX packets 475  bytes 69367 (67.7 KiB)
​​...
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​​eth1 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:BA:DD:EC:AF:00