If you are in a place you can peer with then you can let routing do this and apple does all the heavy lifting
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015, 3:29 PM Brett A Mansfield <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, it captures it through dns. You do not need to register it with > Apple. > > For Windows, you can use something like IPcop. It will cache from many > servers and websites including updates. But I haven't actually played with > it. > > > Thank you, > Brett A Mansfield > > On Oct 2, 2015, at 2:25 PM, Sean Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > i believe to do it on an ISP network you just have to redirect the DNS > entries that OS X and iOS use for the update servers. nothing to change on > the client side. > > I'd recommend a few of them for redundancy. > > i thought microsoft had something similar but i'm not sure. > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So, how does it “flow”? … You have to register the server with Apple >> (along with doing the DNS record), and they do the redirecting of your >> customers to “your” server? >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Brett A Mansfield >> *Sent:* Friday, October 02, 2015 3:41 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] [WISPA Members] come on apple...what cha doin? >> >> >> >> if you get the Mac mini, replace the drive. The spindle drive is a >> serious bottleneck. Even if you don't, it can handle my entire customer >> base (though very small) without any performance issues. About 140 >> customers. Most of them are very big on Apple. I would recommend putting in >> a few for larger networks. If one is at capacity or down, another one will >> take over for it automatically. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Brett A Mansfield >> >> >> On Oct 2, 2015, at 1:16 PM, Cassidy B. Larson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Interesting idea. We peer with Apple already at an IX so iOS and OSX >> updates come across that cheaper path. Although this might be worth >> investigating. Wonder how it can scale. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Oct 2, 2015, at 1:05 PM, Brett A Mansfield < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> It's just an apple server. I use the $700 Mac mini and it works really >> well. You have to host your own DNS or ask the one that runs the DNS you >> use to put in the txt record for your public subnet. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Brett A Mansfield >> >> >> On Oct 2, 2015, at 1:02 PM, Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Is this something that we can setup as an ISP and all customers on our >> network “automagically” use ? >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >> Behalf Of *Brett A Mansfield >> *Sent:* Friday, October 02, 2015 2:55 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Cc:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] [WISPA Members] come on apple...what cha doin? >> >> >> >> My caching server gets it the very moment anyone on my network tries to >> download it for the first time. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Brett A Mansfield >> >> >> On Oct 2, 2015, at 12:19 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> The problem with that is that the caching server usually doesn't get the >> update until DAYS after the launch to the masses. >> >> >> >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Sean Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> You could set up one of these >> >> https://www.apple.com/support/osxserver/cachingservice/ >> >> >> >> >> >> On Friday, October 2, 2015, CBB - Jay Fuller <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Seeing a lot of traffic going to 17.253.7.202....in fact about six >> customers are pulling full speed from this site. >> >> it comes back to Apple. Are they sending out an update or something? >> It's all download... >> >> >> >> >
