Not quite sure why, but after running smoothly for a few days the OpenBSD DSL router suddenly started having problems reconnecting after the daily disconnect (it's attached to Deutsche Telekom's T-DSL service, which forces a reconnect after 24 hours). The log filled with messages like this:

Apr 16 10:02:36 akita ppp[18390]: tun0: IPCP:  IPADDR[6] 2xx.x.1xx.x 
Apr 16 10:02:36 akita ppp[18390]: tun0: IPCP: deflink: Oops, RCR in Initial. 
Apr 16 10:02:39 akita ppp[18390]: tun0: IPCP: deflink: RecvConfigReq(12) state =
 Initial

Killing ppp and manually redialling resulted in an instant reconnection.

Um, yes. One compelling reason for OpenBSD (apart that it actually boots from the install CD on the Frankenstein PC ^[1] I use as a router / gateway) is definitely its musical accompaniment.

Also, its mailing lists can sometimes be delightfully surreal, such as this thread here: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=111387450800001.

^[1] PC made from bits which were probably worth a lot of money when new, but now even the eastern European junk handlers who stand outside the municipal recycling stations here in Berlin won't take.