Updates not being installed from shared directory

[Anonymous]

Good day,

I'm an IT administrator trying to set up a network repository for all Autodesk updates and then have multiple PC's access these updates over the local network instead of downloading them from the internet.

I have set the permissions and shares up to the best of my knowledge but the updates are still being downloaded from the internet.

Can someone please help me to understand what special configuration is required to make this work?Still downloading from internetDesktop app config on workstationFiles accessible from workstationShare permissions on serverFile permissions on serverFiles accessible from workstation

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Have you set it up as per this guide?

I wonder... does it work if you disconnect the client from the Internet?

[Anonymous]

Yes, that is the guide I followed.

I tested also by blocking the internet address where the updates are being downloaded from in order to force the program to use the local server connection but then the updates just fail.

I'm looking at using MS Powershell now instead:

$packages = Get-ChildItem -File "\\SERVER\Software\Autodesk" -Recurse | where {$_.FullName -like "*.exe*"} | Sort Name -Descending
foreach ($package in $packages){
    Start-Process -Wait -FilePath $package.Fullname -ArgumentList "/quiet" -PassThru}

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