Save Bandwidth: Use Penn State’s WSUS Server for Windows Updates
Comments (0) At the last SACITS meeting, someone brought up an interesting idea for saving commodity internetbandwidth in the residence halls. Because ResCom counts all internet traffic outside of Penn State against a student’s bandwidth limit, any Windows Updates also get counted against this limit. The reality is that there doesn’t seem to be any way to exclude the Windows Updates website from counting against bandwidth limits. This is where the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) may be able to fix the problem. WSUS allows client computers to download updates from a server on the LAN instead of windowsupdate.microsoft.com. If a WSUS server were placed on the Penn State network for students living in the residence halls to use, it would allow them to download Windows Updates without facing the possibility of bandwidth penalties.
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