YouFibre and EEro Router Pro.

Hi Folks,

Just had a guy knocking at my door yesterday saying that Youfibre were about to cable the area, we had a longish talk about things, their prices are really good, will buy out any existing contract, so definitely going to keep them in mind.

A bit concerned though about their stock router the EEro pro, in the past I have tried it with Talktalk, didn't like it at all as wireless coverage was really patchy, so after testing never used it. You can get extra units to cover patchy areas with Youfibre at a cost of £7 a month, not a route I want to go down.

I have read that you can use your own router but things can get complicated very quickly if doing so.

I am currently with EE 500 down using the BT hub which is great for a wireless signal, paying £38.25 a month, Youfibre are £30 for a 900 down service, so you may see why I am tempted.

The EEro wireless coveratge is cause for concern though, as I have no intention of paying £7 for an extra unit.

Anyone else using the EEro Pro or with Youfibre as advice appreciated.

Many thanks
Joe.

Currently waiting for YouFibre to be installed (one week today!) and I have absolutely no intention of using their router, preferring to continue using my OPNSense router that I currently use with Voda VDSL (via a suitable Huawei VDSL modem)

There's a good article here with a lot of technical information, although not all of it is still current: https://www.aoakley.com/articles/2022-10-05-youfibre...

Youfibre themselves are pretty open about thison their own help page too.

I'm sure others here can provide you with their own experiences, but I'll be sure and update you in a week's time after my install has completed.

Edited by daern (Wed 05-Jun-24 13:18:09)

Complicated how? Using your own router should just be a case of connect your own router up and you should get an IP from DHCP

In reply to a post by gfibre:

Complicated how? Using your own router should just be a case of connect your own router up and you should get an IP from DHCP

There is some confusion about this. I believe in the past there was some static MAC binding going on that you had to ask Youfibre to remove before it would accept a new router, but I have strong suspicions that, these days, it will just plug in and work. Tell you in a week!

In reply to a post by joemardo1:

Hi Folks,

Just had a guy knocking at my door yesterday saying that Youfibre were about to cable the area, we had a longish talk about things, their prices are really good, will buy out any existing contract, so definitely going to keep them in mind.


A bit concerned though about their stock router the EEro pro, in the past I have tried it with Talktalk, didn't like it at all as wireless coverage was really patchy, so after testing never used it. You can get extra units to cover patchy areas with Youfibre at a cost of £7 a month, not a route I want to go down.

I have read that you can use your own router but things can get complicated very quickly if doing so.

I am currently with EE 500 down using the BT hub which is great for a wireless signal, paying £38.25 a month, Youfibre are £30 for a 900 down service, so you may see why I am tempted.

The EEro wireless coveratge is cause for concern though, as I have no intention of paying £7 for an extra unit.

Anyone else using the EEro Pro or with Youfibre as advice appreciated.

Many thanks
Joe.

Hi I am a customer in one of the newer deployment areas, the DHCP server on their network assigns an IP once an hour / renews existing static IP if paid for, I use a TP Link Omada ER7206 and have their Aris on the Gig symmetric with static IP, all you need to do is plug yourself in wait an hour from unplugging the YouFibre router if it has been used and you will have your own kit working.

All you really need to do is set your firewall to DHCP mode for IPv4 and 6 and then apply a /52 prefix on IPv6 to get the address if you wish to use IPv6.

I have a full Network solution hence why.

I highly recommend and I don't get any downtime other than self inflicted when i make changes to my firewalls.

Let me know if you have questions and I will respond back

You could continue to use your BT hub for wifi. Just disable the dhcp server and maybe change the IP address so that there are no conflicts.

If you have a wired network you might be able to site the BT hub in a place where you get a better wifi signal

Thanks for all replies, If I was to leave EE for Youfibre, I would think that EE will ask for the BT router back, but I do have a few Talktalk routers laying around that have not been bad either.

So good to know that others are using their own routers, will be great to know how its all going for you after install, and how your own router is performing.

Thanks.

In reply to a post by daern:

In reply to a post by gfibre:

Complicated how? Using your own router should just be a case of connect your own router up and you should get an IP from DHCP

There is some confusion about this. I believe in the past there was some static MAC binding going on that you had to ask Youfibre to remove before it would accept a new router, but I have strong suspicions that, these days, it will just plug in and work. Tell you in a week!

Can confirm this is correct, those days of MAC bindings are long gone!

Should just be a case of unplug old router, plug in new one but if you do have issue just ask CS to clear your sessions and you should be good to go.

In reply to a post by gfibre:

Can confirm this is correct, those days of MAC bindings are long gone!

Thanks, good news!

Hi again,

Just thought of something else, at the moment the Openreach ONT is at back of house, the cable was taken through lawn in front There is actually a service duct at front of lawn.

The Openreach cable was taken around outside gable of house, so as to get to back where we mainly live, the original installers weren't that happy as the cable was attached to gable wall and the attachment screws, kept coming out, so took a while to do.

I understand that Youfibre will install their own ONT, I take it they can't use the present Openreach cabling. It would be a lot more convenient if they could use the existing cabling and just switch the ONT and hook up the other side of calbe at service duct to their network.

Edited by joemardo1 (Fri 07-Jun-24 11:22:47)