Ian,

A lot would depend upon the speed of your Wireless LAN and the requirements of the individual user.  If the user is only doing basic enquiries then a slower (sub 100Mbps) wireless should be ok.  However, if the user is a more intensive user such as Order Processing and Stock Management or running a Month End, then either a wired connection of a faster Wireless LAN would be preferable.

These observations are from our own experience/knowledge.

If you look at the Sage documentation it does state a 1Gbps Ethernet connection is recommended.

Hope this helps, even though it isn't a definitive Yes/No answer.

Regards,

Thanks Steve, we are running on:

Dedicated Ethernet (Fibre) - ISP Gamma Telecom
- 1Gb on 1Gb Bearer
- 1Gb download / 1Gb upload

So I'm surprised that we are not supported on wi-fi usage, but just wanted to see what other experiences of support stipulations were.

Thanks Steve, we are running on:

Dedicated Ethernet (Fibre) - ISP Gamma Telecom
- 1Gb on 1Gb Bearer
- 1Gb download / 1Gb upload

So I'm surprised that we are not supported on wi-fi usage, but just wanted to see what other experiences of support stipulations were.

Ian,

That is a slightly different question to the original, as this seems to refer to your Internet connection as opposed to your LAN.  This brings into play the latency on the Internet connection and potentially the contention ratio (though this may be 1:1 if you have a dedicated connection).  The latency is the time the server will take to response to a 'ping' (sorry if this is a case of teaching to suck eggs). Typically a LAN connection will have a < 1ms response time, whereas a ping via an Internet connection to the same server can be considerably longer (mine is about 30 times longer when pinging over a tunnel).

So are you talking about a connection from outside of the corporate LAN?

Regards,

Steve

That's my lack of IT knowledge then I'm afraid Steve. What I'm asking about is a data cable connection - which I understand I have to use - vs using Sage 200 on wi-fi from our leased line connection?

ethernet vs wi-fi...