Arduino Wi-Fi shield - can't send a UDP packet - networking

Question

I'm trying to send information from the arduino board to my computer through the Wi-Fi network.
for my project's purposes it has to be a UDP connection
I use the "Send and Receive UDP String" example (http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/WiFiSendReceiveUDPString)
with a few changes:
#include <SPI.h>
#include <WiFi.h>
#include <WiFiUdp.h>
int status = WL_IDLE_STATUS;
char ssid[] = "itay_net"; // your network SSID (name)
char pass[] = "0527414540"; // your network password (use for WPA, or use as key for WEP)
unsigned int localPort = 50505; // local port to listen on
IPAddress remote_ip(192, 168, 1, 100);
unsigned int remote_port = 50505;
char ReplyBuffer[] = "acknowledged"; // a string to send back
WiFiUDP Udp;
void setup() {
//Initialize serial and wait for port to open:
Serial.begin(9600);
while (!Serial) {
; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
}
// check for the presence of the shield:
if (WiFi.status() == WL_NO_SHIELD) {
Serial.println("WiFi shield not present");
// don't continue:
while(true);
}
// attempt to connect to Wifi network:
while ( status != WL_CONNECTED) {
Serial.print("Attempting to connect to WPA SSID: ");
Serial.println(ssid);
// Connect to WPA/WPA2 network:
status = WiFi.begin(ssid, pass);
// wait 10 seconds for connection:
delay(10000);
}
// you're connected now, so print out the data:
Serial.print("You're connected to the network");
delay(10000);
printWifiStatus();
Serial.println("\nStarting connection to server...");
// if you get a connection, report back via serial:
Udp.begin(localPort);
}
void loop() {
int bite_send;
Udp.beginPacket(remote_ip, remote_port);
bite_send = Udp.write("hello");
Udp.endPacket();
Serial.println("the packet was sent");
Serial.println(bite_send);
delay(1000);
}
void printWifiStatus() {
// print the SSID of the network you're attached to:
Serial.print("SSID: ");
Serial.println(WiFi.SSID());
// print your WiFi shield's IP address:
IPAddress ip = WiFi.localIP();
Serial.print("IP Address: ");
Serial.println(ip);
// print the received signal strength:
long rssi = WiFi.RSSI();
Serial.print("signal strength (RSSI):");
Serial.print(rssi);
Serial.println(" dBm");
}
It compiles and connects to the network just fine.
the only problem is that I can't tell if the packet was sent because I see no trace of it on Wireshark.
I also wrote a socket on java that listens to the port (50505) and should display the message from the packet, but it didn't work either.
(I can copy the java code here but i can assure you that it is not the problem 'cause I tested it with a different java server and it worked, so the problem should be on the Arduino side)
a few details to narrow it down:
I believe the "remote ip" is correct but even if it isn't - I still should have seen it in the Wireshark, so it can't be the problem.
I should mention that the Wi-Fi shield works, I successfully sent pings and ran other examples (such as SimpleWebServerWifi).
I'm using an original Arduino Uno R3 board and an original Wi-Fi shield.
The arduino IDE is the newest version.
I updated the Wi-Fi shield with the newest update I found on GitHub.
I also ran the same "Send and Receive UDP String" code (with the necessary changes) on my Ethernet shield and it did work.
I don't know what else to try - please help.
any help will be appreciated.
Itay

Answer 1

I dont think you have a reply buffer packet. google arduino wifisendrecieve and you will see the example they have that has a reply packet labeled as 'acknowledged'. Hope this helps