Working on a Network Table of Contents

Networking with MYOB Accounting Plus Overview
Working with Your Company File on a Network Overview

Introduction to networks
What is a network?

Local-Area Networks (LANs) and Wide-Area Networks (WANs)

Types of LANs

LAN technologies

Network hardware and software

Network cabling

Network hubs

Network software and their protocols

Network topologies

What's best for Accounting Plus -- our recommendations

Keeping the information on your computer up to date
To set up Accounting Plus so on-screen information is updated automatically

To update on-screen information manually

Putting it all together
Constructing your peer-to-peer network

Optimising your network to ensure that MYOB Accounting Plus runs at peak performance

Setting up your network
Step 1: Checking and installing network protocols
Step 2: Installing MYOB Accounting Plus and creating a company file
Step 3: Setting up file sharing, mapping network drives and creating shortcuts
Step 4: Optimising Accounting Plus to ensure it's running as fast as it can

Working with Your Company File on a Network
Preparing to share a company file with other users

Sharing a company file with other users

Multi-user file locking

Single-user file locking