You need to make the memoQ server computer accessible for all translators, reviewers, project managers and other team members.
If all team members work in-house, it is enough to access memoQ server from within the local area network (LAN). In this case, make sure that the IP address of the memoQ server does not change over time. If you are using DHCP in your network – if you have a router to connect your local network to the Internet, you almost always do –, see the instructions for your router to set up a fixed IP address for your server in the internal network.
If you work with both in-house team members and freelancers, memoQ server must be accessible from the local area network and the Internet as well. In this scenario, the best practice is to have the server physically hosted in the co-location center of an Internet service provider (ISP).
If you do not do this, and you place the server in your small private network that is connected to the Internet through, for example, DSL or a cable provider, your memoQ server will have two IP addresses: one internal, and one external address. In this case, you need to set up a single DNS (domain name system) name for the server that is resolved into the internal IP address when you are inside your local network and into the external address when you connect from the outside. An example of a DNS name is memoqserver.translationcompany.com.
Always use a DNS domain name to access the server rather than the IP address. If you stay with the IP address, you will have serious problems when you need to move the server. If memoQ desktop clients access the memoQ server computer by the domain name, the IP address can be changed without any other configuration changes. You can even use DNS domain names for servers that have no fixed IP address, using dynamic DNS services such as dyndns.com.
On the other hand, if your memoQ desktop clients access the server by the IP address, all resources and all projects must be registered again on all desktop clients if the IP address changes. This is a lot of work that can be avoided by a small configuration effort.
memoQ server communicates using TCP ports 80 and 2705. Port 80 is used for license activation. The memoQ server activator program retrieves server licenses using this port. In addition, if your memoQ server works as a licensing (ELM) server, it will need to connect to memoQ Ltd.'s activation server regularly through port 80. Open port 80 both for outbound traffic on the memoQ server computer, and on any firewalls/routers between the client computers and the memoQ server.
If your network uses a proxy server for connections to port 80, memoQ server can use that.
Port 2705 is the main service port of memoQ server. Always make sure that memoQ desktop clients can access the memoQ server computer over this port: open the port both for inbound and outbound TCP traffic on both the server computer, and any routers/firewalls between memoQ desktop client computers and the server computer.
The following graphic shows the port usage of the various parts of memoQ server: