i am doing this to start my battery powered ESP8266 node:
WIFIStart = millis();
WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
WiFi.begin(ssid, pass);
WiFi.config(ip, gateway, subnet);
WiFi.setOutputPower(0); // this is from conkerkh sets wifi to lowest power?
Blynk.config(authBlynk, server, port);
WIFIRunTime = millis() - WIFIStart;
BLYNKStart = millis();
Blynk.connect();
BLYNKRunTime = millis() - BLYNKStart;
and i get 3 milliseconds for the WIFIRunTime and 5000 milliseconds for the BLYNKRunTime
is that 5 seconds for Blynk.connect(); about right?