My workstation won't see Software Updates from my server

Hi guys,
I'm toying around with Software Update Services. I've setup the Software Update service on my Xserve, and I've downloaded the update packages & made them available for clients to download.
The trouble is, when I run Software Update on my workstation, it still seems to connect to Apple for updates; instead of the workgroup server. How do I troubleshoot this? If I look on the Xserve, there is nothing in the Server Admin logs for Software Update that relate to my workstation failing to connect. In Workgroup Manager, I have the Preferences set for my workstation where "Software Update server to use" is set to "http://bugs:8088". With Safari on my workstation, I can open http://bugs:8088 and see the directories where the packages are stored... yet Software Update ignores them!
The Xserve is running OS X Server 10.4.2 and my workstation runs OS X 10.4.5. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Mac OS X (10.4.5)

I to am having the problem with my test client not getting updates from the server. I am the lone IT man in this company so I've had to work slowly to get my Mac server online. I am following the System Imaging and Software Update Administration guide. It said to enable the service, enable and mirror the updates I wanted. For an unmanaged client (like this one) do:
defaults write com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL http://ifire.local:8088/. Each time software update runs I get no new software available. I used terminal with softwareupdate -l and followed the process. I get 'Unable to use product xxx' on everything and the line that followes is 'Failed to load distribution file xxx.' I know there is one update for me, Quicktime.
!!HELP!!
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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