Hi,
The good news : you're not alone...
The bad news : you're not alone...
I get the exact same inconsistent connection quite consistently.
What is strange is the fact that the examples alone seem to be more robust but I can't figure out why. I thought it might be related to a conflict between the pins used for the servos and those used for the shield, but after digging into the documentation of both the servo lib and the wifi lib, I settled on pins 5 and 6. Unfortunately without much success.
Best regards,
Benoît