Ethernet address?

Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.

Watch

# 1 14-09-2003 , 10:15 PM

Subscriber
Join Date: Jan 2003

Location: Zurich/London

Posts: 663

If I don't have a network card(Ethernet address) on my PC will I not be able to run Maya5?

grrrr

Quote

# 2 14-09-2003 , 10:17 PM

Registered User
Join Date: May 2002

Location: Niagara Falls, Canada

Posts: 5,310

You should be able to if its a elgit license.... Call Alias or e-mail them if it dont work....

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination, knowledge is limited, imagination encircles the world. (Albert Einstein)

https://www.artstation.com/kurtb

Quote

# 3 14-09-2003 , 10:32 PM

Subscriber
Join Date: Jan 2003

Location: Zurich/London

Posts: 663

OK thanks.

grrrr

Quote

# 4 15-09-2003 , 03:03 AM

Subscriber
Join Date: Sep 2002

Location: Chicagoland USA

Posts: 719

actually it depends on what kind of license you have. For instance, I use a hardware dongle. It will run Maya on any PC, Mac or Linux box regardless of ethernet. But if you use a node lock, you WILL AT LEAST need a parallel port (EPP model) to run maya 5.0 but i think they will need to send you the lock.

<html><font size=2>
<font color="blue">
And after calming me down with some orange slices and some fetal spooning,
E.T. revealed to me his singular purpose.

--TOOL, 10,000 Days---

</font></pre>
</html>

Last edited by iron_tick; 15-09-2003 at 03:11 AM.

Quote

# 5 15-09-2003 , 07:20 AM

Subscriber
Join Date: Jan 2003

Location: Zurich/London

Posts: 663

Can you confirm some points-
a-The ethernet address comes from the network card right?
b-The Maya dongal does not come in USB variation?
c-Gigabit Networkcard, 10/100/1000 Mbit, PCI ***Is this a good enough card for networking my desktop with my soon to come laptop (hopefully)+ get recognized by Maya if I go the node locked license way?
Thanks for all the help.

grrrr

Quote

# 6 15-09-2003 , 01:26 PM

Subscriber
Join Date: Sep 2002

Location: Chicagoland USA

Posts: 719

ethernet address comes from anything that falls under the IEEE protocal for network comunication. what that means is that there are more things than just ethernet cards that fall under this catagory. the dongle has its own ethernet address so when you plug it in you can see it through maya. WiFi cards fall under this i believe also and basically anything that communicates using ethernet protocal. I dont think Dial up modems work though they are not ethernet.

The dongle is currently only for parallel port connection. so you need to make sure your parallel port is compatible with it. You might want to check the Maya Compatibilty chart on the Alias site.

and that card will work fine but with node lock, it will only be on 1 pc...

Hope this helped

Quote

# 7 15-09-2003 , 01:54 PM

Subscriber
Join Date: Jan 2003

Location: Zurich/London

Posts: 663

Yep it helped :-)

grrrr

Quote

# 8 15-09-2003 , 02:03 PM

Subscriber
Join Date: Jan 2003

Location: Zurich/London

Posts: 663

Last question-
"I use a hardware dongle. It will run Maya on any PC, Mac or Linux box regardless of ethernet"

Does the CD have all the various platform versions inside?
I thought Mac does not have a parallel port anymore....

grrrr

Quote

# 9 15-09-2003 , 04:20 PM

Subscriber
Join Date: Dec 2002

Location: T.O Baby!

Posts: 1,016

Dongle only supports windows

CD comes OS specific.

Quote

# 10 23-09-2003 , 02:51 AM

Subscriber
Join Date: Sep 2002

Location: Chicagoland USA

Posts: 719

I was pretty sure the dongle worked on all platforms. The connection device is at the Bios level. but maybe im wrong, ill try to check. As for the cd's. when i got 5.0 it came with disks to windows mac and linux. all in one package.