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iOS 7: Block iOS updates on your office network, avoid first-day upgrade overload

<!--CONTENT START--><p><img alt="The Magnificent Seven, 1960" data-caption="The Magnificent Seven, 1960" data-mep="8532" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/861x1273+2+0/resize/233x350!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/86769465675e36c28674cfcad59a6b8d/4472697739_3bbcb98cc6.jpg" style="width: 233px; height: 350px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 8px; float: right;" />For those businesses or educational institutions with limited bandwidth and lots of iOS devices on their Wi-Fi infrastructure, a blast of iOS 7 (http://www.tuaw.com/tag/iOS7/) updates -- each with its own hefty, lingering download -- could be a bit of a problem. Tomorrow it should be easy to spot the network admin: he or she will be the one with the extra-large coffee and the expression of rage verging on uncontrollable weeping.</p>

<p>Over at the Enterprise iOS (http://www.enterpriseios.com/) site, Tekserve's (http://tekserve.com) resident uber-geek and CTO Aaron Freimark has a sneaky suggestion for avoiding this sudden impact (http://www.enterpriseios.com/story/2013/09/17/How_to_use_DNS_to_block_iOS_7_and_other_updates_too). Since Apple's update server (mesu.apple.com) has to be reachable in order for iOS devices to see and download the update, the temporary fix is simple: adjust your local DNS servers to redirect or block the update server until the fever passes.</p>

<p>Freimark mentions Apple's upcoming Caching Server 2 (http://www.apple.com/ios/business/), a component of the OS X Mavericks Server package that will provide local instances of Apple downloads to reduce network load caused by iOS devices and Mac App Store purchases. Unfortunately, in a bit of a cache-22, you can't use the beta of Caching Server 2 to cache the iOS 7 update surge; iOS 6 devices don't see the server.</p><p style="padding:5px;clear:both;">iOS 7: Block iOS updates on your office network, avoid first-day upgrade overload (http://www.tuaw.com/2013/09/17/ios-7-block-ios-updates-on-your-office-network-avoid-first-day/) originally appeared on Breaking Apple News, Tips and Reviews from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (http://www.tuaw.com) on Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:00:00 EST.  Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://legal.aol.com/terms-of-service/full-terms/).<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6>Source (http://www.enterpriseios.com/story/2013/09/17/How_to_use_DNS_to_block_iOS_7_and_other_updates_too)&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/09/17/ios-7-block-ios-updates-on-your-office-network-avoid-first-day/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink[/url]&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20723426/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this[/url]&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/09/17/ios-7-block-ios-updates-on-your-office-network-avoid-first-day/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments[/url]

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