HONKIP

Setup guides

Pick the device that's always on at home. Each guide has the exact settings to type and a way to check it worked.

Make a free account and your own name and update key are filled into every guide.Get a free name

UniFi

Below, yourname.honkip.com and YOUR_UPDATE_KEY stand for your own name and update key.

In the UniFi app or Network console, go to Settings → Internet, pick your internet connection, then Dynamic DNS → Create New:

Service dyndns Hostname yourname.honkip.com Username yourname.honkip.com Password YOUR_UPDATE_KEY Server update.honkip.com/nic/update?hostname=%h&myip=%i

Type this exactly. %h and %i are filled in by the router itself each time it updates. Don't replace them with anything.

Where it says Password, put your update key. It's not your HonkIP sign-in password.

Check it worked

  1. Save the settings, then look at the Dynamic DNS page again. Most routers show a status like Connected, Success or Updated, sometimes with your address next to it.
  2. Once you have an account, Last check-in on My home shows when it last worked.
  3. Look your name up from any computer: nslookup yourname.honkip.com. The address it shows should be your home's address.