Using apt-Cacher

I was doing a bit of research and came across this today.

Apt-Cacher is a method by which you can centrally cache and share packages already stored within your network. It also allows the option of caching any downloaded packages in the future. This allows me to download a package once and transparently share it with an unlimited number of machines within my network. This way I only use my Lanwidth (LAN-bandwidth), and not my limited WAN connection."
Setup would be:
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# aptitude install apt-cacher
To have auto startup
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# sed -i.orig 's/AUTOSTART=0/AUTOSTART=1/' /etc/default/apt-cacher
# /etc/init.d/apt-cacher restart
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Configure the acl for access (default is allow access to any IP)
it is located in /etc/apt-cacher/apt-cacher.conf.
To import the packages in your box to the cache
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# /usr/share/apt-cacher/apt-cacher-import.pl -s /var/cache/apt/archives/
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To give other machines on the network access to the cache edit the apt-conf file in /etc/apt to reflect the machines IP address:
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Acquire:http:"http:localhost.localdomain:port"
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