[SOLVED]"[HTTP] GET... failed, error: connection refused" when using Static IP

[GeorgeFlorian1]

### Hardware:

Board: ESP32 DEVKIT1
Core Installation version: 1.0.1-git -this one-
IDE name: Arduino IDE
Flash Frequency: 80Mhz
PSRAM enabled: no
Upload Speed: 921600
Computer OS: Linux Mint 19.1 Mate

Hello there !

I'm having troubles receiving the response from a URL when using Static IP. All works perfectly fine using DHCP IP.
I assume the ESP32 connects to the internet because I can access the webpage (which has a HTML input form where one can enter the URL) using the Static IP.

Long story short I am reading lines from a SPIFFS file and storing them in an String array x[].

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void setup () {
  if(x[0] != NULL &&      // SSID
     x[0].length() != 0 &&
     x[1] != NULL &&      // Password
     x[1].length() != 0 &&
     x[2] != NULL &&      //Local IP
     x[2].length() != 0 &&
     x[3] != NULL &&      // Gateway
     x[3].length() != 0 &&
     x[4] != NULL &&      // Subnet
     x[4].length() != 0) {
       IPAddress local_IP_STA, gateway_STA, subnet_STA;
       local_IP_STA.fromString(x[2]);
       gateway_STA.fromString(x[3]);
       subnet_STA.fromString(x[4]);
       IPAddress primaryDNS(8, 8, 8, 8);
       IPAddress secondaryDNS(8, 8, 4, 4);
       WiFi.begin(x[0].c_str(),x[1].c_str());
       delay(50);
       if(!WiFi.config(local_IP_STA, gateway_STA, subnet_STA))
       Serial.println("Couldn't configure STATIC IP ! Starting DHCP IP !");
       delay(50);
}
void loop() {
if ((WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED)) {
HTTPClient http;
http.begin(URL);
      int httpCode = http.GET(); //Make the request
  
      if (httpCode > 0) { //Check for the returning code
          Serial.printf("[HTTP] GET... code: %d\n", httpCode);
          if(httpCode == HTTP_CODE_OK) {
              String payload = http.getString();
              Serial.println(payload);
            }
        } else {
            Serial.printf("[HTTP] GET... failed, error: %s\n", http.errorToString(httpCode).c_str());
          }
  
      http.end();
   } // while
delay(10000);
}

WiFi.config(local_IP_STA, gateway_STA, subnet_STA, primaryDNS) or
WiFi.config(local_IP_STA, gateway_STA, subnet_STA, primaryDNS, secondaryDNS) returns

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[E][WiFiGeneric.cpp:658] hostByName(): DNS Failed for jsonplaceholder.typicode.com
[HTTP] GET... failed, error: connection refused

I've also moved WiFi.config() before and after the WiFi.begin() but nothing changed.

What do you think the problem is ?

[ESP_Sprite]

Are you sure your gateway and netmask are right? If these were set wrong, it would allow local connections (eg your laptop to your ESP32) but not remote ones (eg your ESP32 to a server on the Internet).

[GeorgeFlorian1]

Are you sure your gateway and netmask are right? If these were set wrong, it would allow local connections (eg your laptop to your ESP32) but not remote ones (eg your ESP32 to a server on the Internet).

I'm beginning to think that I haven't done a proper subnetting. Using the DHCP local IP, gateway and subnet on the WiFi.config() works just fine.

[joglz8]

Are you connecting to a wireless router or to an access point on your LAN?

I have noticed that connecting to an access point I don't need the password but connecting directly to my wireless router I do. That is with an IP address reserved by DHCP server / router.

[GeorgeFlorian1]

Are you connecting to a wireless router or to an access point on your LAN?

I have noticed that connecting to an access point I don't need the password but connecting directly to my wireless router I do. That is with an IP address reserved by DHCP server / router.

I've always connected the ESP to a Wireless Router, I don't have any experience with an access point.
That being said, I've always needed SSID and Password when the ESP was in Station Mode and it tried connecting to a Wireless Router. I've thought of it like being natural, because that's how I connect my phone to my home's WiFi network.

This is what is written in WiFiSTA.cpp

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/**
 * Start Wifi connection
 * if passphrase is set the most secure supported mode will be automatically selected
 * @param ssid const char*          Pointer to the SSID string.
 * @param passphrase const char *   Optional. Passphrase. Valid characters in a passphrase must be between ASCII 32-126 (decimal).
 * @param bssid uint8_t[6]          Optional. BSSID / MAC of AP
 * @param channel                   Optional. Channel of AP
 * @param connect                   Optional. call connect
 * @return
 */
wl_status_t WiFiSTAClass::begin(const char* ssid, const char *passphrase, int32_t channel, const uint8_t* bssid, bool connect)