While OpenWrt have long been the preferred choice for a lot of Linux knowable people out there - and certainly also for me personally - it has recently made huge progress in moving towards the mainstream user.

For a long time OpenWrt has delivered the one of the most stable, most flexible and best performing platforms for a large range of Consumer Routers and Wireless Accesspoints.

While it was originally developed for the Linksys WRT54G and WRT54GS range of routers, it now supports a long range of popular Consumer / SoHo (Small Office and Home) routers and accesspoints, including the very popular ASUS WL-500G Deluxe, ASUS WL-HDD and routers from Buffalo (WBR-B11, WBR-G54, WBR2-G54, WBR2-G54S, WLA-G54), Motorola (WR800G / WR850G) and even Microsoft (MN-700).

Until recently all maintenance like setting up WAN, LAN and Wireless Settings had to be done using a linux console, which have scared off most mainstream users.

Recent non-official builds have included an ever-improving web interface for doing virtually all configuration, and it seems like the pace have really been increasing - especiately after the main Web Interface developer nbd made a request for help in the OpenWrt forums.

The goal of the OpenWrt team is to have a full multi-language web interface by the release of their fisrt point release - OpenWrt WhiteRussian 1.0.

The release date is still unknown, but this site will keep you posted.

Click "Read More" for a few screenshots of a recent version of the web interface!

 WebIf Frontpage:

Webif Basic LAN Settings:

WebIf Basic Wireless Settings: