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# Author: peppe8o
# Date: Jul 24th, 2022
# Version: 1.0
# https://peppe8o.com

import network, rp2
import time

def connectWiFi(ssid,password,country):
   rp2.country(country)
   wlan = network.WLAN(network.STA_IF)
   wlan.config(pm = 0xa11140)
   wlan.active(True)
   wlan.connect(ssid, password)
   # Wait for connect or fail
   max_wait = 10
   while max_wait > 0:
      if wlan.status() < 0 or wlan.status() >= 3:
        break
      max_wait -= 1
      print('waiting for connection...')
      time.sleep(1)

   # Handle connection error
   if wlan.status() != 3:
      raise RuntimeError('network connection failed')
   else:
      print('connected')
      status = wlan.ifconfig()
      print( 'ip = ' + status[0] )
   return status