[99570] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: windows update cache
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Seth Mattinen)
Fri Sep 28 13:08:38 2007
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:54:39 -0700
From: Seth Mattinen <sethm@rollernet.us>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <20070928165218.GL12169@skywalker.creative.net.au>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2007, Seth Mattinen wrote:
>
>>> Great if you're running a windows IT type LAN; crap if you're running an
>>> ISP!
>> Why? It talks TCP/IP.
>
> How's it find the WSUS server again?
>
Key Name:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
Value 0
Name: WUServer
Type: REG_SZ
Data: http://secret.server:8530
Value 1
Name: WUStatusServer
Type: REG_SZ
Data: http://secret.server:8530
Works for me at $dayjob without AD and I don't need to play with weird
solutions. (Disclaimer: I am not a windows expert, it's my weak point
actually, so I have no idea if this is portable, I'm just saying it uses
standard TCP/IP to talk to WSUS.)
~Seth
