https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog.html Notes, updates, and tips from two-plus years of running YouFibre as the backbone of a home office and busy household. en-gb Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog/hp-prodesk-nic-opnsense-youfibre-setup.html https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog/hp-prodesk-nic-opnsense-youfibre-setup.html Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A full walkthrough: fitting an Intel X550-T2 10GbE PCIe NIC into the HP ProDesk 400 G5 SFF chassis, creating a bootable OPNsense USB installer, installing OPNsense, and doing the initial configuration for a YouFibre FTTP connection. https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog/youfibre-2gbps-upgrade-speed-fix.html https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog/youfibre-2gbps-upgrade-speed-fix.html Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 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. A checklist covering the most common causes: PC NIC capability, cables, router hardware, QoS settings, and the ONT. https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog/opnsense-youfibre-setup.html https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog/opnsense-youfibre-setup.html Wed, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 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. https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog/acme-letsencrypt-cloudflare-opnsense.html https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog/acme-letsencrypt-cloudflare-opnsense.html Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Part 3 of 3. Use OPNsense's ACME client with a Cloudflare DNS challenge to get free, auto-renewing Let's Encrypt certificates for self-hosted services, then wire them into HAProxy. No port 80 exposure required. https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog/haproxy-opnsense-reverse-proxy.html https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog/haproxy-opnsense-reverse-proxy.html Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 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. https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog/reverse-proxy-explained.html https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog/reverse-proxy-explained.html Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 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. https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog/two-years-with-youfibre.html https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog/two-years-with-youfibre.html Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 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. https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog/tp-link-eap653-omada-seamless-wifi-roaming.html https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog/tp-link-eap653-omada-seamless-wifi-roaming.html Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Running multiple ceiling-mounted TP-Link EAP653 access points on a wired backhaul means every room has full-strength Wi-Fi 6 coverage. How to configure the Omada controller so all your EAPs share a single SSID and devices hand off between them seamlessly — covering fast roaming (802.11r), band steering, and minimum RSSI thresholds. https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog/youfibre-static-ip.html https://www.myyoufibreguide.com/blog/youfibre-static-ip.html Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 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.