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I am working on a project where I am trying to send data using HTTP and POST method from my Arduino Mega2560 to a website which I host on localhost. I am living to a students' accommodation and thus, I do not have access to the router. However, I have bought a router and have connected it to the wall via the WAN. Also, the Arduino is connected to one of the ethernet plugs of the router via an Ethernet shield and my laptop to another ethernet plug. I am trying to retrieve the data from the website, but I cannot seem to load them.

Arduino Code

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

dht DHT1;
int temperatureSensorPin1 = 25;

byte mac[] = {
  0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED
};
EthernetClient client;
EthernetServer server(80);

long previousMillis = 0;
unsigned long currentMillis = 0;
long interval = 250000;
String data;

long lastUpdate = 0;

void setup() {

  Serial.begin(9600);
  if(Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0) {
    Serial.println("Failed to configure Ethernet using DHCP");
  }

  data = "";

  pinMode(temperatureSensorPin1, INPUT);
}

void loop() {


int temp1 = DHT1.read11(temperatureSensorPin1);

switch (temp1)
  {
    case DHTLIB_OK:  
        Serial.print("OK,\t"); 
        break;
    case DHTLIB_ERROR_CHECKSUM: 
        Serial.print("Checksum error,\t"); 
        break;
    case DHTLIB_ERROR_TIMEOUT: 
        Serial.print("Time out error,\t"); 
        break;
    case DHTLIB_ERROR_CONNECT:
        Serial.print("Connect error,\t");
        break;
    case DHTLIB_ERROR_ACK_L:
        Serial.print("Ack Low error,\t");
        break;
    case DHTLIB_ERROR_ACK_H:
        Serial.print("Ack High error,\t");
        break;
    default: 
        Serial.print("Unknown error,\t"); 
        break;
  }

  currentMillis = millis();
  if(currentMillis - previousMillis > interval) {
    previousMillis = currentMillis;
  }
  String data="temp1="+String(DHT1.temperature, 0)+"&temp2="+String(DHT2.temperature, 0)+"&temp3="+String(DHT3.temperature, 0)+"&temp4="+String(DHT4.temperature, 0)+"&temp5="+String(DHT5.temperature, 0)
                  +"&hum1="+String(DHT1.humidity, 0)+"&hum2="+String(DHT2.humidity, 0)+"&hum3="+String(DHT3.humidity, 0)+"&hum4="+String(DHT4.humidity, 0)+"&hum5="+String(DHT5.humidity, 0)+"&gas="+gasValue;

  Serial.println(Ethernet.localIP());
  if(client.connect("192.168.0.1", 80)) {
    client.println("POST /home/visualisation.php HTTP/1.1");
    client.println("Host:  192.168.0.1");
    //client.println("User-Agent: Arduino/1.0");
    //client.println("Connection: close");
    client.println("Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded;");
    client.print("Content-Length: ");
    client.println(data.length());
    client.println();
    client.print(data);
    //Serial.println(data);
    Serial.println("We have connection");
  }

  if(client.connected()) {    
    Serial.println("We have abc");
    client.stop();
  }

  delay(4000);
}

PHP Code

<?php
$temp1 = "";
if(isset($_POST['temp1'])) {
    $temp1 = $_POST['temp1'];
}
echo $temp1;
?>

Windows ip configuration

Router ip configuration

Is the connection that I have made the appropriate one? How should I do it in order to work?

P.S.: I would like to clarify that I do not have an extended knowledge regarding networking.

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  • What error you are getting ? Commented Aug 18, 2016 at 16:27
  • I am not getting any error. It is just that when I refresh the page, I do not see the value echoed. In the Serial monitor I am getting: 192.168.0.101 We have connection We have abc Commented Aug 18, 2016 at 16:41
  • First check output of if(client.connect("192.168.0.1", 80)) Refer : arduino.cc/en/Reference/EthernetClient Commented Aug 18, 2016 at 17:17
  • I used Serial.println(client.connect("192.168.0.1", 80)); and it prints 1. However, since it prints We have connection, then this means that it is true Commented Aug 18, 2016 at 17:43

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The ip that I have Arduino send data to is the router's and thus, I should have used the 192.168.0.100 ip which is the one of my computer.

I also needed to save the value to a database to notice the changes because echo $temp1; did not seem to work, probably I should have it included into HTML label tags. Anyway, I just loaded the value from the database into a PHP variable and I was able to accomplish the task.

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