WiFi.status returns 6 when connected

barsznica · September 15, 2018, 4:42am

WiFi.status() always not connected.

opened 01:07PM - 10 Oct 16 UTC

closed 08:53PM - 13 Jul 18 UTC

waiting for feedback

### Basic Infos #### Hardware Hardware: ESP-01 Core Version: 2.…3.0 ### Description `WiFi.status()` always not connected. _WL_CONNECTED_ is never set with version 2.3.0, instead with version 2.0.0 everything works ok. It outputs a `not connected state` ...while surfing web!! How is it possible? ### Settings in IDE Module: Generic ESP8266 Module Flash Size: 512k CPU Frequency: 80Mhz Flash Mode: dio Flash Frequency: 40Mhz Upload Using: SERIAL Reset Method: ck ### Sketch ``` cpp #include <Arduino.h> #include <ESP8266WiFi.h> int status = WL_IDLE_STATUS; // the Wifi radio's status void setup() { Serial.begin(57600); // attempt to connect to Wifi network: while ( status != WL_CONNECTED) { //<---- never changed! status never changes Serial.println("Attempting to connect to..."); status = WiFi.begin("xxxx", "xxxx"); // wait 10 seconds for connection: delay(1000); } // once you are connected : Serial.print("You're connected to the network"); } void loop() { // check the network status connection once every 10 seconds: delay(1000); Serial.println(WiFi.status()); // <--- always NOT_CONNECTED status. } ```

https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=469094.msg3873673#msg3873673

P.S. Well it didn't last overnight, so I'll try the bottom approach.

A workaround is to replace

while ( status != WL_CONNECTED) {

with

while (WiFi.localIP().toString() == "0.0.0.0") {

P.S. I, also, found that in the BasicOTA example, it uses

while (WiFi.waitForConnectResult() != WL_CONNECTED)

This works too (for now).

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