Can't connect to wi-fi with NodeMCU-32S

[eapo]

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Port, board and/or hardware

NodeMCU-32S

MicroPython version

ESP32_GENERIC-20240222-v1.22.2.bin

Reproduction

import config  # Import configuration file
import network
import time
import uos

# Connect to WiFi using the configurations from config.py
wifi_ssid = config.wifi_ssid
wifi_password = config.wifi_password

wifi = network.WLAN(network.STA_IF)
wifi.active(True)
wifi.connect(wifi_ssid, wifi_password)

# Wait until connected
while not wifi.isconnected():
    time.sleep(1)

print("\033[32mConnected to Wi-Fi:\033[0m", wifi_ssid, wifi.ifconfig())
print("\033[32m")

eSP32-MicroPython/boot.py at main · eapo/eSP32-MicroPython

Expected behaviour

Expected to print out the wifi.ifconfig(), but it is empty, and no new device appear in router log.

Observed behaviour

While the same code running well on NodeMCU-32 v1.2 the NodeMCU-32S it's not connecting. Can't figure out how to generate useful logs, because there is no any indication of any errors on console.

Additional Information

Full code here: eapo/eSP32-MicroPython: To control WS281X using DMX signals

[robert-hh]

The Nodemcu devices are more a design specification than a specific board. various vendors sell devices under that name, and they all are Generic ESP32 devices. From what I can tell, the Generic ESP32 firmware is the right one.
When you tell:

Expected to print out the wifi.ifconfig(), but it is empty, and no new device appear in router log.

Does that mean that the while ... loop terminates?

[robert-hh]

Note: Converted to a discussion.

[shariltumin]

Please try the following script:

import time
import network
import config

print(f'AP active: {network.WLAN(network.AP_IF).active(False)}')
wlan = network.WLAN(network.STA_IF)
print(f'STA active: {wlan.active(True)}')
wlan.disconnect()

ssid= config.wifi_ssid
pwd = config.wifi_password

cnt = 0
s   = 1

if ssid in [w[0].decode() for w in wlan.scan()]:
   wlan.connect(ssid, pwd)
   while not wlan.isconnected():
      print(f'status: {wlan.status()}')
      cnt+=1
      if cnt>10:
         print(f'give up after {cnt*s} seconds')
         break
      time.sleep(s)
   else:
      print('connected!')
      print(wlan.ifconfig())
else:
   print(f'SSID:{ssid} not found')

With a wrong password you will get something like:

AP active: False
STA active: True
status: 1000
status: 1000
status: 1000
status: 1000
status: 1001
status: 1001
status: 202
status: 202
status: 202
status: 1001
status: 1001
give up after 11 seconds