Licensing error -105 (Error reading from network)

Symptoms

When trying to activate BricsCAD, I get the error message: Error reading from network (error -105).

Cause

A firewall or antivirus is blocking bricscad.exe from accessing the internet traffic.

Solution

Do one of the following:

  1. Temporarily disable the firewall and antivirus (UTM).
  2. Make an exception on the firewall for:
    V27 V26 V25 V24 and older
    license.bricsys.com ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
    api.bricsys.com ✓ ✓ ✓ -
    port 443 ✓ ✓ ✓ -
    port 80 - ✓ ✓ ✓
  3. Try another internet connection (for example, mobile hotspot).