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I am simply trying to send a simple HTTP request from an Arduino Uno with w5500 Ethernet Shield to a local server running on my PC.

The two are connected via a crossover ethernet cable and I am able to host a server on the Arduino that is accessible from my PC browser. Now I am trying to use the PC as a server and the Arduino as the client.

Using the simple WebClient example, I can send a successful GET request to google.com from the Arduino.

Here is what I am trying that is failing:

1 - Start a local server via running http-server in my command prompt. That successfully starts a server at 192.168.56.1:8080 that I can access via my browser

2 - Change the Web Client example to use 

IPAddress server(192,168,56,1);

and change the port to 

if (client.connect(server, 8080))

3 - Run this Arduino sketch. The connection fails and I don't know why. I have allowed port 8080 full input access through the Windows firewall.

Any ideas?

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    Your server uses port 8080, but your client uses port 80. Typing error?
    – user31481
    Commented Oct 18, 2017 at 23:05
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    Edited your question to remove the misuse of the term "localhost" - that by definition refers to a computer talking to itself on the loopback interface, which is not what you are doing here.
    – Chris Stratton
    Commented Oct 18, 2017 at 23:27
  • Thank you for the corrections! You are both absolutely correct and that helps my understanding of localhost
    – nmarie22
    Commented Oct 19, 2017 at 3:53
  • What web server are you running on your PC. There is one that comes with Visual Studio that will only accept connections from the localhost. Can you use another device (i.e. phone) and try and connect to the web server? Also what is the IP address (& mask & Default Gateway) of the Arduino?
    – Code Gorilla
    Commented Oct 19, 2017 at 7:07
  • I am running a simple node server (npmjs.com/package/http-server) for initial testing just to figure out how to get it all connected. I cannot connect via my phone (by going to 192.168.56.1:8080) but I may be missing a step. They are on the same Wi-Fi connection and the Windows firewall is off
    – nmarie22
    Commented Oct 19, 2017 at 14:18

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The answer was simple. Instead of trying to connect to the IP address of the local server (192.168.56.1) I had to use the IP address of the ethernet connection between the Arduino and the PC (found using the ipconfig command on the command prompt).

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