Question : BITS and WSUS 3.1

Have never been able to get bits to work in background mode with WSUS 3 or 2 for that matter, only when I force it into foreground mode does it start to download. This has never been an issue with most of our servers becuase of adequate bandwidth but I am now trying to set one up with a 512 k internet link and foreground mode just grabs all the available bandwidth

Our usual setup is Server 2003 and in a small site this server will also be running ISA 2004/6

Answer : BITS and WSUS 3.1

Solved it! well it's working at the moment!!

The server is running ISA server which then forwards requests to a central linux proxy. I turned off the ISA and redirected WSUS straight to the upstream proxy, bits started working in background mode and obeyed the group ploicy settings. Left WSUS using the upstream proxy and turned the ISA services back on and bits continues to work. Would ideally like to get WSUS to use the local ISA but this will do as a workaround for now