- Gateway Component – Each Desktop Agent separately downloading patches, updates or software from the Internet is bandwidth-intensive.
- The gateway component is installed on one machine on a local area network and it functions like a download cache/proxy.
- The gateway component can be installed on any desktop or server running Windows 2000 or higher and should be online 24 hours each day.
- The gateway component contains an embedded web server or can be installed on a server running IIS 5.0 or above.
- Any Desktop Agents installed at a client site will communicate to the gateway using standard HTTP instead of utilizing bandwidth communicating with the Data Center directly.
