Billing Software and Wireless Router recommendations

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>:

> On Wednesday 02 November 2005 4:09 pm, kirblam at comcast.net wrote:
>> Firstly, does anyone have a recommendation for FOSS billing software? I'm
>> going to start contracting in the next couple weeks and I'd like to try
>> an open solution for billing my clients.
>>
>> Also, does anyone have a recommendation for an a/b/g wireless router that
>> does 108mps also? My dlink di-784 is driving me nuts. Frequent lockups!
> I agree with DSR. In the past, I have just used the generic invoice forms
> that come with either Open Office or Excel. If you have a large number of
> clients, then billing software might be useful, but with a few clients,
> just the generic spreadsheet or an invoice template will serve you well.

You might want to look at GnuCash.  The invoice-creation portion is still a
little...  Weak... but it has a lot of features for a consulting business.

> My experience with Linksys has been pretty decent. My older 802.11B system
> has been running 24x7 for a couple of years. I have never had a need to
> reboot it other than installing a new firmware revision. Netgear stuff has
> also been solid.

I've got a DI-784 which locked up a lot in some installations until I updated
the firmware.  Are you sure you're running the most recent firmware?  
If not, try upgrading.  Since I've upgraded I've had no problems with 
it that couldn't
be attributed to an upstream failure.

-derek

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