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authorJason Hildebrand <jason@peaceworks.ca>2015-11-11 23:00:31 -0600
committerdanicampora <daniel@wipy.io>2015-11-18 19:55:55 +0100
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docs/wipy: Add warning about losing wlan connection when changing mode.
Also provide workarounds, link to other revelant sections, and fix some typos.
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@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ You can check the current mode (which is always ``WLAN.AP`` after power up)::
>>> wlan.mode()
+.. warning::
+ When you change the WLAN mode following the instructions below, your WLAN
+ connection to the WiPy will be broken. This means you will not be able
+ to run these commands interactively over the WLAN.
+
+ There are two ways around this::
+ 1. put this setup code into your :ref:`boot.py file<wipy_filesystem>` so that it gets executed automatically after reset.
+ 2. :ref:`duplicate the REPL on UART <wipy_uart>`, so that you can run commands via USB.
+
Connecting to your home router
------------------------------
@@ -22,6 +31,7 @@ it as a station::
from network import WLAN
wlan = WLAN(mode=WLAN.STA)
+
Now you can proceed to scan for networks::
nets = wlan.scan()