diff --git a/Plugin/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/varaverk/include/monitor.php b/Plugin/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/varaverk/include/monitor.php
index d21fb92..06a5483 100644
--- a/Plugin/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/varaverk/include/monitor.php
+++ b/Plugin/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/varaverk/include/monitor.php
@@ -202,34 +202,26 @@ function vv_network_stats(): array {
 
     $speedMbps = (int)@file_get_contents("/sys/class/net/$iface/speed");
 
-    // Local IP — use the NIC defined in HOST*_SYS_WATCHDOG_NIC, fall back to primary iface
-    $vars   = vv_conf_vars();
-    $host   = vv_detect_host();
-    $prefix = $host !== 'unknown' ? strtoupper($host) . '_' : 'HOST1_';
-    $nic    = $vars[$prefix . 'SYS_WATCHDOG_NIC'] ?? $iface;
+    // Local IP — use primary iface
     $localIp = trim(shell_exec(
-        "ip -4 addr show " . escapeshellarg($nic) . " 2>/dev/null | awk '/inet /{print \$2}' | cut -d/ -f1 | head -1"
+        "ip -4 addr show " . escapeshellarg($iface) . " 2>/dev/null | awk '/inet /{print \$2}' | cut -d/ -f1 | head -1"
     ) ?: '');
 
-    // External IP — resolve DDNS domain from conf (no external HTTP; DDNS keeps it current)
-    $ddnsDomain = $vars[$prefix . 'NETWORK_WATCHDOG_DDNS_DOMAIN'] ?? '';
+    // External IP — curl ifconfig.me, cached 5 min so we don't hammer it
+    $extIpCache = '/tmp/vv_ext_ip.cache';
     $extIp = '';
-    if ($ddnsDomain) {
-        $extIpCache = '/tmp/vv_ext_ip.cache';
-        if (file_exists($extIpCache) && (time() - filemtime($extIpCache)) < 300) {
-            $extIp = trim(file_get_contents($extIpCache) ?: '');
-        } else {
-            $resolved = trim(shell_exec(
-                "dig +short " . escapeshellarg($ddnsDomain) . " @1.1.1.1 2>/dev/null | grep -Eo '[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+' | head -1"
-            ) ?: '');
-            if ($resolved) { $extIp = $resolved; file_put_contents($extIpCache, $extIp); }
+    if (file_exists($extIpCache) && (time() - filemtime($extIpCache)) < 300) {
+        $extIp = trim(file_get_contents($extIpCache) ?: '');
+    } else {
+        $fetched = trim(shell_exec('curl -sf --max-time 4 https://ifconfig.me 2>/dev/null') ?: '');
+        if (preg_match('/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/', $fetched)) {
+            $extIp = $fetched;
+            file_put_contents($extIpCache, $extIp);
         }
     }
 
-    // Tailscale IP — read from tailscale0 interface
-    $tsIp = trim(shell_exec(
-        "ip -4 addr show tailscale0 2>/dev/null | awk '/inet /{print \$2}' | cut -d/ -f1 | head -1"
-    ) ?: '');
+    // Tailscale IP — use `tailscale ip` CLI (interface name varies: tailscale0, tailscale1, etc.)
+    $tsIp = trim(shell_exec('tailscale ip -4 2>/dev/null | head -1') ?: '');
 
     return [
         'available'  => true,