I have 3 x uno wi-fi boards, have upgraded all 3 to use WiFiLink library. Using ESPRecovery & putting the board into Bootloader mode. Upgraded the firmware with:- sudo python esptool.py -p /dev/tty.usbmodemFA121 -b 9600 write_flash -ff 80m -fm qio -fs 32m 0x000000 ArduinoFirmwareWiFiLink-UNO_WIFI…

Arduino UNO Wi-Fi

Juraj November 10, 2017, 1:44pm 2

I noticed this behavior too. I think the esp8266 doesn't like network requests while initializing.

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