With the life cycle of White Russian coming to an end, and the advancement in development seeming to dry out a bit in favor of Kamikaze, some people have released a rework of WebIf, called WebIf^2 (downloadable at http://x-wrt.org/)...

Currently, the interface only works on White Russian RC5, RC6 and 0.9 (at time of writing not yet released), but they are working on Kamikaze support - the main reason for lack of support is the difference between how configuration is handled between the two major builds.

The new web-interface can be installed without a hitch on your already existing OpenWRT install (provided it's one of the supported releases), and replaces the current WebIf version, without trouble. A simple reboot is required after the first new install, and you're good to go. Subsequent versions can be downloaded using WebIf^2 and can be updated with a mouse click.

The major reason about using the new interface is the fact that it can do so much more than the original WebIf: it has some very nice and sometimes important features, which lack on the regular version. Creating VLANs, configuring advanced dnsmasq features, NTP, firewall, ... It's all there.

Despite some minor bugs (which seem to get fixed in daily builds quite frequently), WebIf^2 is mature enough to completely replace the old WebIf. And if things continue to go this great, we might even see WebIf^2 in the default release. Fingers crossed...

WebIf^2, along with other extending packages, can be downloaded at http://x-wrt.org/.