MAC OSX Server update service?

Hello,
kind of a newbie here..
i've inherited a leopard mac server from a prvious it administrator.
i'm having trouble enabling the update service.
i downloaded all the latest updates though having trouble serving it to my mac users..
i've set up my own macbook to get updates from the server though it returns "no updates found" even though there's around 200 MB of updates on the server..
i checked the service it's all green and running so there must be something i've configured wrong on the server.. maybe the port or something of that sort..
can anyone guide me to a how to or something ?
ive followed a few tutorials online though that still dont seem to work..

Your software update server and your clients should be at the same level (i.e. all Leopard, or all Snow Leopard.) is that the case?
Secondly, in the server manager > software update > overview do you have the updates enabled? It's possible that they are downloaded, but not enabled. You can remedy that in the server manager > software update > settings > updates

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