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Infrastructure Considerations

The document discusses some infrastructure considerations for macOS and iOS devices, including the caching service, DNS, and Wi-Fi. The caching service speeds up software downloads and can be configured to serve clients across multiple IP addresses. DNS performance should be tested using namebench to identify any issues. Buffer bloat from excessive router buffering can also impact performance and is tested via speedtest.net. Wi-Fi performance is improved by using 5GHz bands, wider channel widths, fewer SSIDs, and setting the AP DTIM value to 3.

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Infrastructure Considerations

The document discusses some infrastructure considerations for macOS and iOS devices, including the caching service, DNS, and Wi-Fi. The caching service speeds up software downloads and can be configured to serve clients across multiple IP addresses. DNS performance should be tested using namebench to identify any issues. Buffer bloat from excessive router buffering can also impact performance and is tested via speedtest.net. Wi-Fi performance is improved by using 5GHz bands, wider channel widths, fewer SSIDs, and setting the AP DTIM value to 3.

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Infrastructure Considerations

macOS and iOS


In addition to Apple School Manager, mobile device management server, and the potential to
re-image to stock macOS, there are few items in the infrastructure that make sense to consider
more closely and potentially adjust, as these can have an immediate, user-visible impact on
performance.s

Contents
Caching Service

DNS

Wi-Fi

Caching Service
macOS Caching Service is an integral part of any zero-touch deployment. The caching service
speeds up the downloading of software distributed by Apple through the Internet. It caches
some content that local Mac and iOS devices have already downloaded.

By default, the caching service only serves clients that have the same public IP address as the
caching service.
The caching service, however, can be enabled across multiple public IP addresses.
For more information about the caching service, see:
About Caching Service
OS X Server: Content types supported by the Caching service

DNS
DNS can have an immediate, user-visible impact on performance. To check for the fastest
possible DNS and/or DNS issues, run a namebench test.
Open namebench on an Ethernet connected Mac
Enter the DNS server used by the firewall/router for outbound DNS in the Nameservers field of
namebench
For example, the first external DNS address used by this router is 205.171.1.3.25

Enter 205.171.1.3.25 in the Nameservers field of namebench


Select Top 2,000 Websites (Alexa)(33575) from the Query Data Source popup menu in
namebench to ensure you are testing a broad spectrum of DNS servers

Click Start

The test may take a couple of hours to complete, but once complete, namebench will produce
a report outlining how to improve DNS

Buer bloat
Buerbloat is the undesirable latency that comes from a router or other network equipment
buering to much data. Many of the symptoms of buerbloat-induced congestion have an
immediate, user-visible impact on performance.
From an Ethernet connected Mac, run the speed test at dslreports.com to benchmark
buerbloat

A consistent buerbloat score of A or A+ indicates little to no latency in the router or other


network equipment and no impact on network performance

Wi-Fi
Along with aiming for an access point in every classroom, 5GHz n/ac, 40MHz or broader channel

width, and no more than three SSIDs, setting a AP DTIM (delivery trac indication message)
value of 3, is a quick way of improving Wi-Fi performance for macOS and iOS devices.

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