Wot, no "NetworkUp"?

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I’m trying to debug why the event NetworkUp never fires on the WiFi RS21 Gadgeteer module and I’ve distilled it down to a very simple code listing:

using Microsoft.SPOT;
using Gadgeteer.Networking;
using GT = Gadgeteer;
using GTM = Gadgeteer.Modules;

namespace NetworkUpTest
{
    public partial class Program
    {  
        void ProgramStarted()
        {
            wifi_RS21.UseDHCP();
            wifi_RS21.NetworkUp += wifi_RS21_NetworkUp;
            wifi_RS21.NetworkDown += wifi_RS21_NetworkDown;
            var scans = wifi_RS21.Interface.Scan("LLOYDREGANS");
            if (scans != null && scans.Length > 0)
            {
                Debug.Print("Joining " + scans[0].SSID);
                wifi_RS21.Interface.Join(scans[0], "**********");
            }
            var giveUpWaitingForTheNetworkUpEvent = new GT.Timer(300000, GT.Timer.BehaviorType.RunOnce);
            giveUpWaitingForTheNetworkUpEvent.Tick += giveUpWaitingForTheNetworkUpEvent_Tick;
            giveUpWaitingForTheNetworkUpEvent.Start();
        }

        void wifi_RS21_NetworkUp(GTM.Module.NetworkModule sender, GTM.Module.NetworkModule.NetworkState state)
        {
            Debug.Print("NetworkUp");
        }

        void wifi_RS21_NetworkDown(GTM.Module.NetworkModule sender, GTM.Module.NetworkModule.NetworkState state)
        {
            Debug.Print("NetworkDown");
        }

        void giveUpWaitingForTheNetworkUpEvent_Tick(GT.Timer timer)
        {
            Debug.Print("Give up waiting for the NetworkUp event and try requesting the router homepage");
            var request = HttpHelper.CreateHttpGetRequest("http://192.168.1.1/");
            request.ResponseReceived += request_ResponseReceived;
            request.SendRequest();
        }

        void request_ResponseReceived(HttpRequest sender, HttpResponse response)
        {
            Debug.Print("Response received. response.Text.Length = " + response.Text.Length);
        }
    }
}

Here’s the listing from the output window when the program runs (minus the thread exited reports):

Given that the network is demonstrably up, why is “NetworkDown” the only event that fires from the WiFi RS21 module?

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Check these posts:

https://www.ghielectronics.com/community/forum/topic?id=12227

https://www.ghielectronics.com/community/forum/topic?id=12905

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Thanks Valentin, I’ll use


Interface.WirelessConnectivityChanged
Interface.NetworkAddressChanged

This stuff’s not that new now so it is odd that the exemplar code on the module page https://www.ghielectronics.com/docs/105/wifi-rs21-module is wrong.

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GHI is updating documentation, so we should see improvements in that area.