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- Mon Aug 21, 2017 8:43 pm #69379 I'm trying to write my first program using arduino IDE. I apologize if the question is too silly. Is it necessary to check if the esp8266 lost the connection and try to reconnect or does the firmware attempt to reconnect automatically?

- Tue Aug 22, 2017 3:55 pm #69393

I apologize if the question is too silly.

Don't worry, this is the "** Newbie Corner **" where there are no silly questions.

You have to do everything yourself in code: connect, disconnect and re-connect when a connection is dropped.

Assumption is the mother of all f*ckups. At least: that's what I'm assuming.

- Tue Aug 22, 2017 4:09 pm #69395 I believe the default is for the board to reconnect when a connection is dropped. That is why the code to connect can be put in the setup routine.

https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/issues/2735

Problem manually handling WiFi reconnect

I'm trying to handle WiFi auto/reconnects in WIFI-STA mode but having troubles.
Setting WiFi.setAutoConnect ( true ) to auto connect on power up works just fine.

Setting WiFi.setAutoReconnect ( false ) on the other hand have issues. ...

- Tue Aug 22, 2017 4:16 pm #69397 If that indeed is the case, I stand corrected.
(Thanks rudy, I'll keep that in mind, next time I'm having connect/reconnect issues)

Assumption is the mother of all f*ckups. At least: that's what I'm assuming.