Guest najevi Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 I have recently kicked the tyres on ubuntu linux and am immediately impressed by the ease with which apt-cacher was setup to locally cache the many and varied optional software packages and package updates. This is a huge bandwidth saving on my broadband connection which is also utilized for VOIP telephony. My monopolistic Australian ISP is infamous for metering downloaded data and imposing speed shaping after a certain monthly threshold is reached, so locally caching these packages for reuse on subsequent reinstalls or for reuse by other hosts on the local network is a further benefit. As I type this I am enduring a shaped 'broadband' connection of 64kbps ! So this begs the questions: 1) Is the similar caching function possible for Windows Updates? 2) If so are there any cautions or filters that are best applied. (e.g. I'm thinking that the mandated WGA authentication may pose special requirements on the proxy.) 3) Is there free software to implement this? There are three WinXP machines on my local network as well as the occasional laptop visitor. I currently make use of the 'Administrators Options' link at the Windows Update page to locate and download offline/redistributable versions of the BIGGER update files - SP2, dotNET (1,2&3), IE, WMplayer, MSN/Live Messenger and DirectX. This is a manual caching technique that would be better if it were automated. I am still reading about Squid (another local cache solution that runs on linux) and it seems there have been mixed results using Squid to cache Windows Update traffic. Any advice or pointers will be welcome! - - - microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web, microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support, microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Guest Ian Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 RE: Can I automatically cache Windows Update on my local network There is a free system called autopatcher. There is also my updater script - http://mylogon.net/sus/ - which requires you to download manually but simplifies redistributing the patches.
Guest najevi Posted August 20, 2007 Posted August 20, 2007 RE: Can I automatically cache Windows Update on my local network Thank you. AutoPatcher ( http://www.autopatcher.com/faq/ ) should 'fit the bill' very nicely. "Ian" wrote: > There is a free system called autopatcher. > > There is also my updater script - http://mylogon.net/sus/ - which requires > you to download manually but simplifies redistributing the patches. > >
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