UDP NTP Client - NIST Internet Time Service changes

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You can do a dns query for pool.ntp.org to get a current NTP ip. Here is the code I used to get that ip address. It is based on the DHCPAddressPrinter sketch.

/*
  DHCP-based IP printer
 
 This sketch uses the DHCP extensions to the Ethernet library
 to get an IP address via DHCP and print the address obtained.
 using an Arduino Wiznet Ethernet shield. 
 
 Circuit:
 * Ethernet shield attached to pins 10, 11, 12, 13
 
 created 12 April 2011
 by Tom Igoe
 
 */

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

// Enter a MAC address for your controller below.
// Newer Ethernet shields have a MAC address printed on a sticker on the shield
byte mac[] = { 0x00, 0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC, 0xDE, 0x02 };

// Initialize the Ethernet client library
// with the IP address and port of the server 
// that you want to connect to (port 80 is default for HTTP):
EthernetClient client;

void setup() {
  // start the serial library:
  Serial.begin(9600);

  pinMode(4,OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(4,HIGH);

  // start the Ethernet connection:
  if (Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0) {
    Serial.println("Failed to configure Ethernet using DHCP");
    // no point in carrying on, so do nothing forevermore:
    for(;;)
      ;
  }
  // print your local IP address:
  Serial.print("My IP address: ");
  for (byte thisByte = 0; thisByte < 4; thisByte++) {
    // print the value of each byte of the IP address:
    Serial.print(Ethernet.localIP()[thisByte], DEC);
    Serial.print("."); 
  }
  Serial.println();
  IPAddress testIP;

  DNSClient dns;
  dns.begin(Ethernet.dnsServerIP());
  dns.getHostByName("pool.ntp.org",testIP);
  Serial.print("NTP IP from the pool: ");
  Serial.println(testIP);
  
}

void loop() {
}