changing floating license port speeds compile

The problem comes when students change this port (see below), then ModelSim does not work;

Prof.,

After some digging around, it seems that editing the license file prevents quartus from long delays before it will compile. (Perhaps it tries to ping the wrong server at first?)

I opened up

c:\altera\license.dat

in a text editor and changed the last number on the first line from 1819 to 1820

The file now reads:

>

SERVER licsrv.engineering.cornell.edu 00505694574A 1820

USE_SERVER

>

This seems to have shaved a full minute off the compile time (a factor of 2 speedup for the last project)