83List ViewezRemote Manager User ManualAppendix B: ezUpdate forWindows CE AppliancesThis appendix discusses how to use ezRemote Manager to create the con-figuration files needed to automatically update your Windows CE- basedNeoware appliances’ software, properties, and connections.Windows CE ezUpdateBoth ezRemote Manager (2.2 or later) and Neoware software,(incorporating Windows CE (5.2 or later)) contain enhancementsthat allow for the automatic server update of appliance software,appliance configuration properties, and appliance server connec-tions. These enhancements are collectively called “ezUpdate.”The use of this feature enables all Neoware Windows CE-basedappliances to pull their configuration and/or software from a serverwhen they are powered on for the first time. Additionally, each timethe appliance is booted, it will check with the server to see if itneeds to update its configuration and/or software.Requirements The following is a list of requirements to enable ezUpdate:• One Neoware Windows CE-based appliance configured as atemplate.• Access to an FTP server, where configuration and softwareupdate packages can be installed, and to a DHCP server that canbe configured to notify Neoware appliances where to look forupdated configuration information and/or software. The FTPand DHCP servers can be resident on the same server or on sep-arate servers.
