Compatibility of different network types with QuickBooks

General Information

QuickBooks is designed for local networks in which the computers are connected using a "hard" cable. . Networked performance can drop off significantly in long-distance networked environments, especially when encryption/decryption, such as with a virtual private network (VPN), is used.

Intermittent errors experienced when wireless connections fail for a few seconds can disconnect your QuickBooks session. . Similarly, connection errors in long-distance networking environment (for example, a modem interruption) can cause your QuickBooks session to disconnect.

Recommended Network Types

• Local Area Network (LAN): A network that connects computers in close proximity (usually within a building) with a "hard" cable.

  Compatibility: QuickBooks is designed to work with LANs.

Other Network Types:

• Terminal Service Network: A network setup in which users run the QuickBooks program on a server computer using a "terminal session" on a remote computer.

  Compatibility: A Terminal Service Network environment is only supported for QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions.

• Remote Area Network: A network that gives remote users access, using analog modems or Internet Subscriber Digital Network connections from the host computer's modem.

  Compatibility: Not recommended. . QuickBooks is not designed to work with Remote Area Networks.

• Wide Area Network (WAN): A network in which computers are connected over long distances using telephone lines and satellite communications.

  Compatibility: Not recommended. . QuickBooks is not designed to work with WANs.

• Virtual Private Network (VPN): A network in which computers are connected over long distances across the public Internet using an encrypted "tunnel".

  Compatibility: Not recommended. . QuickBooks is not designed to work with VPNs.

• Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN): A network that allows devices that are in very close proximity to each other (approximately 10 meters) to access resources and exchange data, without the use of cables.

  Compatibility: Not Recommended. . QuickBooks is not designed to work with WPANs.

• Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN, commonly referred to as "WiFi"): a network similar to a WPAN but that allows a larger coverage area (approximately 100 meters).

  Compatibility: Not recommended. . QuickBooks is not designed to work with WLANs.

• File Transfer Protocol (FTP): use to copy files from one location to another. . It is intended to move files and not open then.

Compatibility: Not recommended. . QuickBooks is not designed to work with FTPs.

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