[workrockin]

>Imo PC-based solutions are overkill, but yes, you may end up with a more open solution that way.

Yes exactly! If you look at it from the point of view of functionality to price ratio a pc might just be the best router there is.

- Its modular

- Its easily repairable

- Its portable (in the form of mini pc or a laptop)

- You can buy a second hand PC

Finally if you're taking the trouble of installing openwrt on a router it is a reasonable assumption that you want to do more with it. And in that case you're severely limited by the hardware that you choose.

To get the best of both worlds we can have a dedicated PC as a main router. And other cheap routers as your network extenders.