Problems connecting to server with wifi shield

[nolmath]

Does Blynk work with networks that don’t require a password? I thought I had it working but it never says “ready” it just keeps saying “Connecting to cloud.blynk.cc:8442”. Any suggestions would be very helpful.

Thanks,

[vshymanskyy]

Thx, I will fix that

[nolmath]

Thank you, can you please notify me when it is fixed?

[nolmath]

Has any progress been made for fixing this issue?

Thanks

[vshymanskyy]

Hi. there was some work done, but it wasn’t released yet.
Could you please specify which shield you’re using, so I could focus on it?

[nolmath]

I am using an official arduino wifi shield. Thanks for your hard work

[vshymanskyy]

@nolmath,
check this:

NEW features on master branch (v0.2.5-beta)

Hi all, In the master branch I have implemented 4 features: Now you can call Blynk.connect() and Blynk.disconnect() to control connection to the server. Instead of calling Blynk.begin(…) you can call Blynk.config(auth) or Blynk.config(auth, server, port) This won’t try to setup WiFi, Ethernet,… just token and server. If you use WiFi, there is also Blynk.connectWiFi(ssid, pass) for ease of use. Blynk.begin(…) and Blynk.connectWiFi(ssid, pass) will try to connect to Unsecured WiFi network i…

[nolmath]

IT WORKS!! THANK YOU!!