Celestia Addons

History
the crew of Captain Archer's USS Enterprise NX-01 also encountered Ferengi as early as the 22nd century
(see "Star Trek: Enterprise - Acquisition" - S1 ep19).
The beginning of the history of the Ferengi dates back to around 10,000 years.
After setting up their profit-based society, they bought the technique of warping in order to expand their business interests in the galaxy.
The first official contact with the Federation took place in 2364 when a Ferengi spacecraft and the Enterprise NCC-1701-D found themselves trapped in orbit of an unexplored planet that was actually an Empire outpost.

Tkon long gone (see Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Last Outpost - The Last Oupost).
In fact, the Ferengi had already crossed the Federation in 2355, during the Battle of Maxia.
A Ferengi vessel then attacked the Stargazer commanded by Jean-Luc Picard who had finally succeeded in destroying it.
However, the Stargazer was so damaged that the crew were forced to abandon ship
(see Star Trek: The Next Generation: La Bataille - The Battle).

Ferengi Starbase turns around Ferenginar.
USS DELESTREZ, and Ferengi ships protect Starbase.

A journey from Sun to ferenginar gives with okuda table at cruise speed :
   at warp 5.0 : 177.7 days (Enterprise)
   at warp 7.0 :  57.9 days (Tos)
   at warp 9.0 :  25.1 days (Tng)
   at warp 9.9 :  12.5 days (USS DELESTREZ v4)
   at warp 9.9+:   5.3 days (Voyager)