Leopard Software Update Server + Client

Hello,
Now I have to use Mac OS X Tiger Server Software Update Server and OSX Tiger Client.
After installing OS X Tiger Server software update, I turned on the server and on apdaty do I download and have been prepared. OS X Tiger has found his client software update server, and everything worked.
Now I have OS X Leopard and Leopard Server Client.
Purely installed server and client purely installed. The server is running the server software update is downloaded updates. Leopard Client still download updates from the Internet and not from the local network and I do not know where the error. Why in the older version of all work without interference with the terminal and not now? Can someone please help me set the software update server to the client computers may not have anything set up and found this site automatically.
Thank you
I apologize for my incorrect English

The Tiger systems must have some form of customization. SWU is not an auto-discover service. If you have one of the Tiger systems still available, enter both of these commands and report the results:
defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate
defaults read /Users/<adminusername>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate
Does either of the results return the custom CatalogURL value? If not, then look in NetInfo Manager and look at your MCX values. There may have been a managed preference set for all systems. However, if Tiger systems are not bound that this is not possible unless an niutil command was run to insert the value.
Also, keep in mind that if your Leopard systems are not bound to OD, and you have Apple Remote Desktop, you can use a Send Unix command and hit all of your systems in a matter of seconds. It is really rather trivial.
Also, were your Tiger machines imaged from a DMG or a NetInstall Server? It is possible that the SWU custom address was set in the master image. This is why it appears to "just work."

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    I received a 2008 iPod Classic hand-me-down from a friend, and wanted to format it and start using it.  I formatted the drive in windows, and now when I start iTunes (using version 10.6.3.25), I get the following message "iTunes has detected an iPod that appears to be corrupted.  You may need to restore this iPod before it can be used with iTunes.  You may also try disconnecting and reconnecting the iPod."  When I try to restore, it holds on "contacting the iPod software update server," and then tells me that the iPod software update server could not be contacted.
    I have looked around for solutions, and tried quite a few of them.  I unchecked the boxes in internet options (automatically detect settings), deleted the itunespref xml file, used hostsxpert to reset the hosts file, and so on.  I still have the same problem.
    So here I am, posting on the forum asking for someone's expert help.  Here is the little log that iTunes spits out for me:
    Microsoft Windows 7 Business Edition Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
    Dell Inc. Latitude E6410
    iTunes 10.6.3.25
    QuickTime 7.6.9
    FairPlay 1.14.43
    Apple Application Support 2.1.9
    iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
    CD Driver 2.2.0.1
    CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
    Apple Mobile Device 5.2.0.6
    Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.59.0.0
    Bonjour 3.0.0.10 (333.10)
    Gracenote SDK 1.9.6.502
    Gracenote MusicID 1.9.6.115
    Gracenote Submit 1.9.6.143
    Gracenote DSP 1.9.6.45
    iTunes Serial Number 0013B15C02821268
    Current user is not an administrator.
    The current local date and time is 2012-06-29 19:17:43.
    iTunes is not running in safe mode.
    WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.
    HDCP is supported.
    Core Media is supported.
    Video Display Information
    Intel Corporation, Intel® HD Graphics
    **** External Plug-ins Information ****
    No external plug-ins installed.
    **** Network Connectivity Tests ****
    Network Adapter Information
    Adapter Name:     {5C83B9AE-1000-400E-9F1A-461FC30E5093}
    Description:     Sierra Wireless HSPA Network Adapter
    IP Address:     10.206.45.36
    Subnet Mask:     255.255.255.255
    Default Gateway:     172.26.38.1
    DHCP Enabled:     No
    DHCP Server:
    Lease Obtained:     Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969
    Lease Expires:     Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969
    DNS Servers:     172.26.38.1
    172.26.38.2
    Adapter Name:     {A5049D9A-3592-497F-9338-F17E467DB142}
    Description:     Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
    IP Address:     0.0.0.0
    Subnet Mask:     0.0.0.0
    Default Gateway:     0.0.0.0
    DHCP Enabled:     Yes
    DHCP Server:
    Lease Obtained:     Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969
    Lease Expires:     Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969
    DNS Servers:
    Adapter Name:     {187896DE-CD26-4C34-8C69-1AC26BA1B5C4}
    Description:     Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6200 AGN
    IP Address:     0.0.0.0
    Subnet Mask:     0.0.0.0
    Default Gateway:     0.0.0.0
    DHCP Enabled:     Yes
    DHCP Server:
    Lease Obtained:     Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969
    Lease Expires:     Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969
    DNS Servers:
    Adapter Name:     {41C1267B-18A5-4CDA-8F3B-6D830F8BA001}
    Description:     Intel® 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection
    IP Address:     0.0.0.0
    Subnet Mask:     0.0.0.0
    Default Gateway:     0.0.0.0
    DHCP Enabled:     Yes
    DHCP Server:
    Lease Obtained:     Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969
    Lease Expires:     Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969
    DNS Servers:
    Active Connection:     LAN Connection
    Connected:     Yes
    Online:          Yes
    Using Modem:     No
    Using LAN:     Yes
    Using Proxy:     No
    Firewall Information
    Windows Firewall is on.
    iTunes is NOT enabled in Windows Firewall.
    Connection attempt to Apple web site was unsuccessful.
    The network connection timed out.
    Basic connection to the store failed.
    The network connection timed out.
    Connection attempt to Gracenote server was successful.
    The network connection timed out.
    Last successful iTunes Store access was 2011-10-13 11:43:25.
    **** Device Connectivity Tests ****
    iPodService 10.6.3.25 is currently running.
    iTunesHelper 10.6.3.25 is currently running.
    Apple Mobile Device service 3.3.0.0 is currently running.
    Universal Serial Bus Controllers:
    Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller.  Device is working properly.
    Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller.  Device is working properly.
    FireWire (IEEE 1394) Host Controllers:
    Ricoh 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller.  Device is working properly.
    Most Recent Devices Not Currently Connected:
    iPod (5th generation) running firmware version 1.3
    Serial Number:     JQ546KG5TXL
    **** Device Sync Tests ****
    No iPod, iPhone, or iPad found.
    Thank you in advance for your help!
    Pat

    Ok, I've got it all figured out, and wanted to leave a note here for posterity.  Here's what I did.
    After reading all of planb77's excellent suggestions and going through the links he sent, I decided to look at other aspects of iTunes and see if the problem was not limited to restoring my iPod.  When I found that my iTunes store didn't work, I checked the forum for those issues, and found that AT&T Communication Manager was a common culprit in working with iTunes. 
    After 70 minutes on hold and a fruitless hour on the phone with AT&T trying to uninstall bytemobile optimization client, I left the AT&T guy insisting that it was not AT&T's problem, but rather Apple's. 
    I then looked further into bytemobile and iTunes, and found an elegantly simple solution, written in all caps: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3888541?start=0&tstart=0.  You'll see it there.  To spare you the link change, the advice was to uninstall iTunes 10 and everything else apple-related, download and install iTunes 9.2, find and delete the latest "itunes library.itl", and run your new iTunes.  It solved my problem of restoring my iPod, and, incidentally, allowed me to access iTunes store.  So there you have it.  Problem solved.
    planb77, thanks again for your persistence.  While you didn't solve my problem, you eliminated many of the other possiblities, and led me to some other links.

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