Heh..I just read Angus's post...so pretend I just said "what Angus said".
Bill Humphries wrote: > quickbooks or peachtree will suck over a vpn and will eventually > corrupt your database. You are better off with either a hosted > solution, or setting up a cheap desktop at the location with the > database and letting the second user RDP and run the app from there > > Bill > > .Chyka, Robert wrote: >> Thank you for the insight Dennis. I thought it was Quickbooks, but >> just found out it is PeachTree they are using. ughhh! >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Dennis Hoefer [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:00 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* RE: Home Networking Question. >> >> You might want to consider suggesting a move to the Quickbooks hosted >> product. Although I've not tried it on a VPN, my personal opinion, >> based on using Quickbooks in a small business I own, is that you >> won't get this to work, or at least not in any acceptable manner. >> Quickbooks is a resource hog in the first place and gets >> exponentially worse (as well as more buggy) with each version. >> Multi-user access (initial opening, report generation, etc.) is slow >> even on 100 meg Ethernet, can't imagine what it might be like pulling >> across a VPN on a typical internet connection, might work on a fresh >> install, but as the database grows I think you'll just end up with a >> frustrated remote user. Again, opinion only, no hands on experience >> trying what you describe, and for that matter, no experience with >> their hosted version either, so take all this with a grain of salt. >> >> Dennis >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Chyka, Robert [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:14 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Home Networking Question. >> >> Here is the scenario: >> >> 2 home users that use Quickbooks. One of the users has the >> Quickbooks database on their home computer, but the database needs to >> be accessed simultaneously by another home user in a different town. >> What would be the best setup so these 2 users can share the >> Quickbooks database and be able to use their multiuser license? >> Would you pump the database up to the cloud and access it that way? >> They cant copy the database down, work on it, and send it back and >> forth to each other etc.. They need it to be somewhere with 2 >> machines accessing it. Would a decent router with VPN access at the >> "host" home be good enough? If this is a viable option, what brand >> device would yo ulook at? >> >> Thanks for any insight. >> >> Bob >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
