The function WiFi.waitForConnectResult() seems to be missing

Official Hardware Mega GIGA R1 WiFi
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The other Arduino WiFi libraries I've used (ESP32, Raspberry Pi Pico W) provide a function WiFi.waitForConnectResult() which you call after WiFi.begin() to get the return code (such as WL_CONNECTED or WL_CONNECT_FAILED), but the GIGA WiFi library doesn't seem to provide this, and I get the error:

'class arduino::WiFiClass' has no member named 'waitForConnectResult'

What's the correct alternative to this?

2

the doc states that

Wi-Fi support is enabled via the built-in WiFi library that is shipped with the Arduino Mbed Core. Installing the core automatically installs the WiFi library.

so if you go check out the source code of the Arduino Mbed Core and the example there, you'll see they check a status() flag

  // check for the WiFi module:
  if (WiFi.status() == WL_NO_SHIELD) {
    Serial.println("Communication with WiFi module failed!");
    // don't continue
    while (true);
  }

  // attempt to connect to Wifi network:
  while (status != WL_CONNECTED) {
    Serial.print("Attempting to connect to SSID: ");
    Serial.println(ssid);
    // Connect to WPA/WPA2 network. Change this line if using open or WEP network:
    status = WiFi.begin(ssid, pass);

    // wait 3 seconds for connection:
    delay(3000);
  }

(they initialise the status variable with int status = WL_IDLE_STATUS; so you enter the while loop where begin() is called)

(you could argue the delay is only needed if status was not WL_CONNECTED and that this while loop could be better written)

3

Thank you. That will also help me answer some further questions!

4

have fun (I've not played yet with a GIGA R1)

5

waitForConnectResult is not part of the standard Arduino WiFi API.
it was added by the maintainers of the esp8266 WiFi library and then the library was ported for esp32 and later for Pico W

6

OK, thanks.