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Ethernet : Client class

connect()

Description

Connects to a specified IP address and port. The return value indicates success or failure. Also supports DNS lookups when using a domain name.

Syntax

client.connect()
client.connect(ip, port)
client.connect(URL, port)

Parameters

ip: the IP address that the client will connect to (array of 4 bytes)

URL: the domain name the client will connect to (string, ex.: arduino.cc)

port: the port that the client will connect to (int)

Returns

Returns an int (1,-1,-2,-3,-4) indicating connection status :

Example

byte mac[ ] = { 0xDE , 0xAD , 0xBE , 0xEF , 0xFE , 0xED } ;
byte ip[ ] = { 10 , 0 , 0 , 177 } ;
byte server[ ] = { 64 , 233 , 187 , 99 } ; // Google EthernetClient client; void setup ( )
{
  Ethernet.begin (mac, ip) ;
  Serial.begin ( 9600 ) ;   delay ( 1000 ) ;   Serial.println ( "connecting..." ) ;   if (client.connect (server, 80 ) ) {
    Serial.println ( "connected" ) ;
    client.println ( "GET /search?q=arduino HTTP/1.0" ) ;
    client.println ( ) ;
  } else {
    Serial.println ( "connection failed" ) ;
  }
} void loop ( )
{
  if (client.available ( ) ) {
    char c = client.read ( ) ;
    Serial.print (c) ;
  }   if ( !client.connected ( ) ) {
    Serial.println ( ) ;
    Serial.println ( "disconnecting." ) ;
    client.stop ( ) ;
    for ( ;; )
      ;
  }
}

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