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by steffen.hornung 1 view

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Hi,
we have a classroom for seminars on the software that we develop.
There is one Win2k-Server and 12 W2k-Pro.
The Network Connection to our Company LAN is only accesible from the Server.
But the Clients should be updated as well. So I installed AnalogX Port-Forwarder to get the clients to my WSUS-Server I had setup for our other clientmachines.
So, the clients connect to the WSUS server and download the updates.
But when it comes to installation all clients fail! Even by logging on as Domain-Admin it wont work.
However - manual installation works.

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by tyroned

Are they receiving an/any error messages? If you could provide those, I could provide a clearer answer.

by tyroned

"But when it comes to installation all clients fail! Even by logging on as Domain-Admin it wont work.
However - manual installation works."

Are you saying that the updates which are downloaded to each computer are not installing for the application(s) even if they are logged on as Domain-Admin?

by cg it

there's no port fowarding for WSUS. you install WSUS on the server and the server downloads all updates. you then configure clients to pull updates from WSUS [which is on your lan] Note: you have to use Group Policy to direct clients to use WSUS rather than Windows Update Service. That could be your problem. There are Microsoft white papers on setting up WSUS on your lan. See http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/updateservices/downloads/WSUS.mspx download the deployment guide in the download section.

by cg it

note: if your trying to get WSUS to work on a site that is a subnet from your main LAN, the WSUS server has to contact either an upstream WSUS server on your network or Microsoft's WSUS server. Must be one or the other. Port fowarding is only necessary through a firewal to get to either an upstream WSUS server on your LAN or to Microsofts WSUS. If your network requires credentials to obtain an internet connection, e.g. through a proxy server then you need to enter those credentials on the connections page in WSUS.

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