Webserver with dyn DNS

Hello,

to reach my Arduino webserver in the www without knowing my IP address, I used a dyndns service (no-ip in my case) and I know that my ISP will assign my a new IP regularly when I switch off and then on my router again (reset) because then I reconnect.
My question is: Does my ISP also assign me a new IP if I always let my router on?
Then I would not need to update my IP with the so called DUC (dynamic update client) tool.

Thank you

Does my ISP also assign me a new IP if I always let my router on?

Wouldn't this be better answered by your ISP?

Generally, though, the answer is yes. I never turn my router off, and it gets a new IP address about once a week.

Ok, thank you.
I will monitor the behaviour as from now.
Maybe I have some chanches making the arduino ethernet (as a client ) doing the request to update the new ip.
If someone is interested in this, too, there is an API Integrate with No-IP DDNS - API Information

Can the Ethernet be Client and Server on the same time?
Will I first have to stop the server then start the client then do the update, then stop the client and restart the server (?)

Can the Ethernet be Client and Server on the same time?

Yes.

Will I first have to stop the server then start the client then do the update, then stop the client and restart the server (?)

No.

Ok, thanks.

Now I am trying to use the API described here Integrate with No-IP DDNS - API Information

// NO-IP, Dynamic Update Client, 02.FEB.13

#include <SPI.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>

byte mac[] = { 
  0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED };
char server[] = "dynupdate.no-ip.com";

EthernetClient client;

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);

  Serial.println("[NOIP-DUC]\n");
  Serial.println("Getting IP address from DHCP ...");

  if (Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0)
  {
    Serial.println("Failed to configure Ethernet using DHCP !");
    while (1)
      ;
  }

  Serial.print("My IP address: ");
  Serial.println(Ethernet.localIP());
  Serial.println();

  Serial.print("Connecting to ");
  Serial.print(server);
  Serial.println(" ...");
  client.connect(server, 80);
  
  // checking for answer?
  
  Serial.println("OK. Sending request...\n");
  client.println("GET /nic/update?hostname=mytest.testdomain.com&myip=1.2.3.4 HTTP/1.0");
  client.println("Host: dynupdate.no-ip.com");
  client.println("Authorization: Basic base64-encoded-auth-string");
  client.println("User-Agent: Bobs Update Client WindowsXP/1.2 bob@somedomain.com");
  
  Serial.println("ready?!");
  
}



void loop()
{
  if (client.available())
  {
    char c = client.read();
    Serial.print(c);
  }

  if (Serial.available())
  {
    char c = Serial.read();
    client.print(c);
  }

  if (!client.connected())
  {
    Serial.println();
    Serial.println("Disconnecting.");
    client.stop();
    while (1);
  }
}

Why don't I get any answer? It just disconnects after ~5 seconds.

You need to show all your serial output.

Your domain isn't mytest.testdomain.com, is it?

Your current IP isn't 1.2.3.4, is it?

Your Base64 encoded authorization string isn't base64-encoded-auth-string, is it?

After having done more debugging, I realized I cannot even connect to dynupdate.no-ip.com

I use this to check:

if (client.connect(server, 80))
{
Serial.println("Connected.");

while (client.connected())
{
while (client.available())
{
char c = client.read();
Serial.print(c);
}
}
client.stop();
}
else
Serial.println("Error connecting!");

My code:

// NO-IP, Dynamic Update Client, 02.FEB.13

#include <SPI.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>

byte mac[] =
{
  0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED
};
char server[] = "dynupdate.no-ip.com";

EthernetClient client;

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);

  Serial.println("[NOIP-DUC]\n");
  Serial.println("Getting IP address from DHCP ...");

  if (Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0)
  {
    Serial.println("Failed to configure Ethernet using DHCP !");
    while (1)
      ;
  }

  //Give some time to initialize:
  delay(2000);

  Serial.print("My IP address: ");
  Serial.println(Ethernet.localIP());
  Serial.println();

  Serial.print("Connecting to ");
  Serial.print(server);
  Serial.println(" ...");

  if (client.connect(server, 80))
  {
    Serial.println("Connected.");
    
    while (client.connected())
    {
      while (client.available())
      {
        char c = client.read();
        Serial.print(c);
      }
    }
    client.stop();
  }
  else
    Serial.println("Error connecting!");
}

void loop()
{
  if (client.available()) // this cannot be reached by now
  {
    char c = client.read();
    Serial.print(c);
  }

  if (Serial.available())
  {
    char c = Serial.read();
    client.print(c);
  }

  if (!client.connected())
  {
    Serial.println();
    Serial.println("Disconnecting.");
    client.stop();
    while (1)
      ;
  }
}

Serial output

[NOIP-DUC]

Getting IP address from DHCP ...
My IP address: 192.168.2.124

Connecting to dynupdate.no-ip.com ...
Error connecting!

Disconnecting.

Can you connect to other servers?

Yes, and I tried using http prefix

char server[] = "http://dynupdate.no-ip.com";

and then the output is

[NOIP-DUC]

Getting IP address from DHCP ...
My IP address: 192.168.2.124

Connecting to http://dynupdate.no-ip.com ...
[b]Connected.[/b]

Disconnecting.

The prefix http:// should be omitted.

And I found on this forums, the issue has been already discussed and here is the solution

My problem was that I did not always use the same MAC address so that my router had too many ones to save and it is restricted to grant internet access to only the first 5 ones connected or kind of similiar, so I had to flush this and it worked again.

Make sure you use your no-ip email address as the no-ip username and the domain you are using (yourhost.no-ip.org is in the example, but my account is .com instead of .org). I tested the code in the posted link with my changes and got the expected response for my no-ip account.

Now it works!
( my account was .org )
Both using my email address and my user name worked (as the no-ip username)
The answer is "nochg "

I also implemented parsing the result, i.e. getting the Date and the Message:

String buf = "";
String msg = "";
boolean tak = false;
while (client.connected())
{
while (client.available())
{
char c = client.read();
//Serial.print(c); // verbose?
buf += c;
if (tak)
msg = buf;
if (c == 10)
{
buf.trim();
if (buf.indexOf("Date:") == 0)
Serial.println("DATE = " + buf);
if (buf == "") //empty line -> message
tak = true;
buf = "";
}
}
}
client.stop();
msg.trim();
Serial.println("MESSAGE = " + msg);
Serial.println("Disconnecting.");