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OS X Updates
Hello All,
I work for a company with around 15 Macintosh computers and a T-1 line and a Cisco ASA router. We have found that when we update more than one OS X computer at the same time, the process is extremely slow. At our old office, we had the same problem with a different router and a separate T-1 connection. One of the owners remarked that updates go faster on his home network with a Linksys router and a DSL connection.
We are trying to troubleshoot why the updates run so slowly. Is there a configuration file we can look at to determine the port and remote host the updates are connecting to? Is there any configuration information or logs that might be of help?
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Thanks!
I work for a company with around 15 Macintosh computers and a T-1 line and a Cisco ASA router. We have found that when we update more than one OS X computer at the same time, the process is extremely slow. At our old office, we had the same problem with a different router and a separate T-1 connection. One of the owners remarked that updates go faster on his home network with a Linksys router and a DSL connection.
We are trying to troubleshoot why the updates run so slowly. Is there a configuration file we can look at to determine the port and remote host the updates are connecting to? Is there any configuration information or logs that might be of help?
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Thanks!
I believe software update just uses port 80, by the way.
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Tiger Server works very nicely. But if you can't use one, you can update one Mac, but use the File menu's "Install and Keep Package". This will keep the installer packages on your hard drive (opening the window nicely in Finder) so you can just copy them to the other Macs via file sharing or an external drive. You have to install them one at a time when you get to the other computers. There is no way to make the software update application install them all automatically.
As an alternate boost, you might just install very large updates this way (like the OS updates) and let the network bring over all the small ones so you don't have to babysit each Mac through all the updates.
As an alternate boost, you might just install very large updates this way (like the OS updates) and let the network bring over all the small ones so you don't have to babysit each Mac through all the updates.
By the way, is there any possibility that virus software is the culprit?