On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Seth Mattinen wrote:
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
To make it work you'd have to get people to change the registry settings on their computer to use your WSUS server, which can be done. But what do you do with them after they've cancelled service with you and moved to some other ISP? Either they end up with a Windows Update that doesn't function anymore, or they end up using your bandwidth for the rest of their computer's life to get their updates. Perhaps it could be done by setting up a windowsupdate.com zone on your own DNS servers that your customers use and point all of the DNS entries to your own WSUS server, but I'm sure that comes with it's own set of problems as well..... Forrest