And then all was quiet on the thread ...... Steve
-----Original Message----- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Robert Andrews Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 2:19 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Windows 10 Updates running wild Seth says that he is seeing this download going to his akamai servers, that makes it a much harder nut to crack... On 04/17/2017 11:17 AM, Wireless Administrator wrote: > Paul, > > The IP addresses used by Microsoft for windows updates are a moving > target but there are relatively easy ways to get this situation under > control . Give this a try: > > > > � Use a packet trace tool to Identify the host names used for > windows update. > > � Current Mikrotik Router OS supports address Lists using > Dynamic Names. (Cool feature that allows you to use host name and OS > updates address list with current IPs) > > � Create simple Queue(s) to control traffic. > > � Use time of day on Queue if you prefer. > > > > Game over, you�re the winner �.. > > > > Steve > > > > > > *From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Paul McCall > *Sent:* Monday, April 17, 2017 11:16 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Windows 10 Updates running wild > > > > What are you guys doing to control Windows 10 update from downloading > updates whenever it wants to? Windows used to have a setting for when > it would download and install, and now that setting (IF have you have > access to the Group Policy editor - some Win versions supposedly don') > only allows defining when it will INSTALL the updates and not when it > downloads them. You can make the update process manual I think > through settings, but customers won't ever update then, introducing > other issues. So, that isnt a great workaround. You can also set an > interface to �metered� which means it won�t DL until it gets an > unmetered connection but that won�t help either. > > Today 3 customers (plus my PC) were killing an AP, all connected to > Microsoft presumably downloading updates as mine was from that IP. > That is what my PC was doing when I caught the problem. All customers > and myself were connected to the same MS IP address. > > Even if customers had access to GPEDIT, and if it had that ability, > talking customers through that would have been a not fun job for tech > support for all the Win10 devices out there now. Supposedly, not all > versions of Win 10 have access to GPEDIT easily. GPEDIT does have a > setting for maximum DL for updates which helps but that would only > slow things down for a loooong time to get updaes. Much better to > have it do full updates after midnight. > > Was wondering if there was something that could be defined at the > customers CPE Mikrotik (in place at 95% of our customers) or at the > tower Mikrotik. > > There has to be some solution. > > > > Paul McCall, President > > PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. > > 658 Old Dixie Highway > > Vero Beach, FL 32962 > > 772-564-6800 > > pa...@pdmnet.net <mailto:pa...@pdmnet.net> > > www.pdmnet.com <http://www.pdmnet.com> > > www.floridabroadband.com <http://www.floridabroadband.com> > > > > >
