a few questions about existing features?

[itnorfolk]

Hey,

I run a PC repair centre and I'm looking to install a web cache server so that when the laptops attempt to run windows updates they dont have to download all the updates on each laptop. Is this something that wingate can handle and what type of licence would I need - standard, pro or enterprise?

Thanks in advance :)

[adrien]

Hi

sorry this question has gone so long unanswered!

WinGate does have a cache, and its in all versions, including free.

Whether or not windows updates are cached or not depends on the settings on the update servers, e.g. whether the files are marked as cachable. IME some are and some aren't.

Also quite often the clients request the files in pieces, which the cache doesn't support (doesn't support piecing together a file from parts received by different requests). Not yet anyway.

So if you want to, you may be able to get the URLs from the logs, and use a browser to download the full files through the cache to seed it.

Regards

Adrien

[Nev]

Hey,

I run a PC repair centre and I'm looking to install a web cache server so that when the laptops attempt to run windows updates they dont have to download all the updates on each laptop. Is this something that wingate can handle and what type of licence would I need - standard, pro or enterprise?

Thanks in advance :)

What you need is WSUS (Windows Server Update Services).

I use it widely to support repaired and new pc's before distribution and at clients' with networks of six or more PC's and Wingate as proxy, it works very well.