Installing Mathematica-11.3 on Windows

Installing Mathematica for Network Licenses

Requirements

Mathematica is available for Windows, Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X. For a complete list of platform availability, click here. Any supported machine can act as a client for running Mathematica, provided the following two conditions are met:
  • The client has access to the Mathematica files, either locally or from a file server on the network.
  • The license server running MathLM is available on the TCP/IP network.
SERC NOTE:
Make sure you are able to resolve sunlx2_17.serc.iisc.ernet.in:Command is

#nslookup   sunlx2_17.serc.iisc.ernet.in
Response you must get is


Server: 10.16.25.15
Address: 10.16.25.15#53


Name: sunlx2_17.serc.iisc.ernet.in
Address: 10.16.4.40
If you are not getting this response please check your DNS settings. Use following url for setting DNS.

http://nitss.serc.iisc.ernet.in/docs/configuration/dns_settings/HowToChangeDNS.html

Make sure that you are able to reach sunlx2_17.serc.iisc.ernet.in  using following test.Command  is             #telnet sunlx2_17.serc.iisc.ernet.in 16286Response you must get is#Trying 10.16.4.40
#Connected to sunlx2_17.serc.iisc.ernet.in.
#Escape character is ‘^]’.If you are not getting this response please contact your department network administrator.

To install Mathematica:

To install through the network from SERC

For Windows

Installation of Matlab through a network

  • Go to Start -> Run

  • type \\10.16.4.96\shares and click on OK
  • A window will open. All the versions of mathematics have been dumped and shared for network access here.

  • Click on “Mathematica” any version folder. Inside this folder you will find the following.
2.The Mathematica Setup window appears. Click Next. By default, Mathematica is installed in the directory C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\11.3. To choose another destination directory, click Browse. The follwoing windows will appear during the installation. You can specify directories as you desire on your PC. Click Install when you are ready to begin the installation.
 
3.Once all the files are copied to your disk, installation is complete. Click Finish.
4.After installation, the first time when you start Mathematica, the following window with password dialog box appears. Select “Other ways to Activate”.
5.Click on “Connect to a network license server” in the next screen.
6.Then enter the name of the license server in the text field provided and click on “Activate”
7.Accept the terms of agreement by clicking on the box and then click on OK.
8.A welcome screen as shown below appears. Now you are ready to use Mathematica.