Does One Step Update (OSU) have any problems with 5G mobile broadband WWAN cards?

GordieZ
GordieZ Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭
edited September 2023 in Download, Add/Update Accounts (Windows)

I'm getting a laptop with a mobile broadband card installed. It will have Windows 11 and whatever the latest Quicken release will be when I set up this laptop. Quicken's min. requirements for an internet connection are "Internet Connection: High-speed internet connection recommended for product download and use of online services."

Theoretically faster is better, but it's best to verify. So before ordering the laptop I'm asking if anyone has successfully (or unsuccessfully) used 5G (or 4G) mobile broadband via a WWAN card with OSU???

Thank you,

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  • splasher
    splasher Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭

    I recently used my laptop that was connected to a home based 5G network modem/router and it worked just fine. Not exactly your proposed setup, but the eventual internet connection was via 5G.

    -splasher using Q continuously since 1996
    - Subscription Quicken - Win11 and QW2013 - Win11
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  • GordieZ
    GordieZ Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭

    Splasher,

    So, wireless (fast, 5G) broadband came to the modem/router from the outside world. What about the last leg… was the connection between the modem/router and the laptop also 5G (picked up by a wireless card in the laptop) or was that last leg Wi-Fi (picked up by a conventional Wi-Fi card in the laptop)?

    Thanks,

  • markus1957
    markus1957 Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser, Windows Beta Beta

    Also, not exactly your use case but I have tethered my 5G mobile phone to my laptop on several occasions for the purpose updating Quicken. It has worked fine.

  • Ps56k2
    Ps56k2 Quicken Windows Subscription Alumni ✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2023

    I've used Quicken with low speed and higher speed connections…. no problem - remember modems & 56k ?

    I personally am running the TMobile 5G coffee can home wireless router and WiFi access point -
    uses either LTE or 5G - whatever is good at the moment…. like a hotspot - and then is a WiFi access point as normal.

    The only issue with Quicken might be how it "sees" the internal WAN card,
    and if it appears as a normal Windows Ethernet type device.

  • splasher
    splasher Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
    https://community.quicken.com/discussion/comment/20376288#Comment_20376288

    The connection between the laptop and home network was regular 2.4 wifi.

    -splasher using Q continuously since 1996
    - Subscription Quicken - Win11 and QW2013 - Win11
    -Questions? Check out the Quicken Windows FAQ list

  • GordieZ
    GordieZ Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭

    Thanks all! BUT, I am leaving this question up for now. Ps56k2 said there could be an issue with how Quicken "sees" the internal mobile network card. For this reason (and any others I don't know about) I'm hoping someone will chime in who has tried a 4G or 5G mobile network card with Quicken.

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