A simple way to check Internet connectivity?

[Eloclegin]

Hello to all,

Does anyone know of a simple way in Annex32 to get the ESP32 to confirm internet connectivity. (An ESP32 that is connected to a home wifi network). In other words, confirming that the utilised home network is indeed still connected to Internet.

I am thinking … something equivalent to achieving a successful PING of a known reliable major worldwide website. I seek a solution and one that could if necessary be repeated as often as every minute, over a 24 hr period. I am sure that in my blind ignorance I am missing a very simple and obvious method!

Anyone faced this issue before and can offer a solution?

Thank you advance for sharing any thoughts
Best wishes to all

[Fernando Perez]

I would use this:

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[BeanieBots]

The Annex command WIFI.STATUS will return 3 if it is connected.
Check the help documentation for the meaning of other returned values.

EDIT: Sorry, just re-read your post and you wanted to know if you had internet. Therefore, what Fernando Perez said.

[Fernando Perez]

It seems to me that wifi.status only reports whether our module is connected to our network via Wi-Fi, but not whether there is a real connection to the Internet.

Code: [Local Link Removed for Guests]

r = ping("8.8.8.8")
if r=1 then
   wlog "Connected to the internet"
else
   wlog "Internet connection failure"
end if

[Eloclegin]

Fernado
How did I miss that a PING function exists?!!!? I scanned through the Help and never saw that. I did SEARCH for PING at the Help and no results are found from the SEARCH. But now i see it. Thanks!

BeanieBots
I have used WIFI status before and had always assumed that result 3 just meant that device is connected to the network, not that network itself is also connected to Internet.

[Eloclegin]

Fernando
Thank you for the code suggestion.
All the best.