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.

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MikroTik

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

  1. Open New Terminal in WinBox or WebFig.
  2. Send one update by hand, to test the key:
    /tool fetch url="https://update.honkip.com/update?key=YOUR_UPDATE_KEY" output=user
    It should print good or nochg followed by your address.
  3. Make it run every 5 minutes, and after every restart:
    /system scheduler add name=honkip interval=5m start-time=startup on-event="/tool fetch url=\"https://update.honkip.com/update?key=YOUR_UPDATE_KEY\" keep-result=no"
  4. See that it runs: /system scheduler print where name=honkip. The run-count goes up every 5 minutes.

To remove it later: /system scheduler remove honkip

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.