my try:
Option A - Backburner (best for animation single frames imho, 1 frame per node)
1. Install Max + Backburner (see Autodesk docs) + Corona on all render slaves
2. Submit your job(s) to Backburner
Option B - "native" Corona distributed rendering (best for large single frames imho, x nodes per frame)
1. Install Max + Corona + Corona DR Server (see installer page 4) on all render slaves
2. Start DrServer.exe (you need write access to DrServer directory, either change user
rights for the directory or use an elevated account)
3. Add render nodes at Render Setup -> Corona Settings -> Distributed Rendering by clicking "Search LAN",
your render slaves should appear now
4. Check "Enable" box in that flyout
5. Render
Pitfalls: Firewall(s), non-UNC network paths, user rights, cached DNS entries/non working DNS reverse lookup.
Short enough?
Of course you can have both. And a more convenient option for drserver is to run it as Windows service,
easy to setup for example with
http://www.nssm.cc/ (which I prefer personally). Maybe future
corona installers will allow to install DrServer as a windows service. Hmm, Mantis, I´m on my way.
Good luck!