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Notes, updates, and tips from two-plus years of running YouFibre as the backbone of a home office and busy household.
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Building an OPNsense router on an HP ProDesk 400 G5 SFF for YouFibre
A full walkthrough: fitting an Intel X550-T2 10GbE PCIe NIC into the SFF chassis, creating a bootable OPNsense USB installer, installing OPNsense, and doing the initial configuration for a YouFibre FTTP connection.
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Setting up OPNsense with YouFibre FTTP
YouFibre delivers on standard DHCP, so plugging in a custom router is straightforward - but there are a few things worth knowing about MTU, the ONT handoff, and getting your WAN interface configured cleanly. Here's exactly how I have it set up.
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HTTPS for self-hosted services - ACME, Let’s Encrypt & Cloudflare DNS on OPNsense
Part 3 of 3. Replace the self-signed certificate from Part 2 with a free, auto-renewing Let’s Encrypt certificate using OPNsense’s ACME client and a Cloudflare DNS challenge - no port 80 required.
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HAProxy on OPNsense - configuring your reverse proxy
Part 2 of 3. Install the HAProxy plugin on OPNsense and configure frontends, backends, and ACL rules to route multiple self-hosted services by hostname on a single public IP - all from the OPNsense web UI.
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What is a reverse proxy? Self-hosting explained
Part 1 of 3. A plain-English explanation of what a reverse proxy is and why you need one to host multiple services on a single IP. Covers the concepts behind HAProxy, HTTPS, and DNS challenges before the hands-on setup in Parts 2 and 3.
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Two years with YouFibre: what's changed, what hasn't
A quick update after hitting the two-year mark. Pricing has moved slightly, a couple of short outages, and a new package tier. Here's whether I'd still make the same choice today.
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Stuck at 1 Gbps after upgrading to You2000? Here’s why
Upgraded from You1000 to You2000 but speed tests are capping at around 940 Mbps? In the vast majority of cases the bottleneck is on the user side. Here’s a checklist covering the most common causes.
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TP-Link EAP653 Omada Wi-Fi 6 - single SSID and seamless roaming
Running multiple ceiling-mounted access points on a wired backhaul means every room has full-strength Wi-Fi 6 coverage. Here's how to configure the Omada controller so all your EAP653s share a single SSID and devices hand off between them seamlessly as you move around the house.
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Adding a static IP to your YouFibre connection
If you're self-hosting services or running a VPN endpoint from home, a static IP makes life much simpler. YouFibre offer it as an add-on. Here's what it costs, how to request it, and how to configure it on OPNsense.
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