I have a Linksys WRT54GL router at home. I had DD-WRT installed on it, and used it as a home wireless access point, router and IPv6 6to4 gateway. So far it was working flawlessly, until I changed my ISP to Sunrise.

After the switch, I started having a weird PPPoE related issue where the router would redial the connection every 30 minutes. There was no elegant solution available, and the unelegant solution wasn’t good enough.

I decided to be a macho and install OpenWRT. I’ve read on the Internet that I should be prepared to spend some time configuring it manually without expecting a good web interface.

It was a very pleasant surprise to find a very nice web administration interface, not as nice as DD-WRT, but it allowed me to configure more aspects of the router behavior. PPPoE with Sunrise just works, and the OpenWRT distribution feels more like a full-blown desktop/server distribution, with package management and all. I just love it.