network — network configuration¶

Common network adapter interface¶

This section describes an (implied) abstract base class for all network interface classes implemented by different ports of MicroPython for different hardware. This means that MicroPython does not actually provide AbstractNIC class, but any actual NIC class, as described in the following sections, implements methods as described here.

class network.AbstractNIC(id=None, ...)¶

Instantiate a network interface object. Parameters are network interface dependent. If there are more than one interface of the same type, the first parameter should be id.

network.active([is_active])¶

Activate (“up”) or deactivate (“down”) the network interface, if a boolean argument is passed. Otherwise, query current state if no argument is provided. Most other methods require an active interface (behavior of calling them on inactive interface is undefined).

network.connect([service_id, key=None, *, ...])¶

Connect the interface to a network. This method is optional, and available only for interfaces which are not “always connected”. If no parameters are given, connect to the default (or the only) service. If a single parameter is given, it is the primary identifier of a service to connect to. It may be accompanied by a key (password) required to access said service. There can be further arbitrary keyword-only parameters, depending on the networking medium type and/or particular device. Parameters can be used to: a) specify alternative service identifer types; b) provide additional connection parameters. For various medium types, there are different sets of predefined/recommended parameters, among them:

• WiFi: bssid keyword to connect by BSSID (MAC address) instead of access point name

network.disconnect()¶

Disconnect from network.

network.isconnected()¶

Returns True if connected to network, otherwise returns False.

network.scan(*, ...)¶

Scan for the available network services/connections. Returns a list of tuples with discovered service parameters. For various network media, there are different variants of predefined/ recommended tuple formats, among them:

• WiFi: (ssid, bssid, channel, RSSI, authmode, hidden). There may be further fields, specific to a particular device.

The function may accept additional keyword arguments to filter scan results (e.g. scan for a particular service, on a particular channel, for services of a particular set, etc.), and to affect scan duration and other parameters. Where possible, parameter names should match those in connect().

network.status()¶

Return detailed status of the interface, values are dependent on the network medium/technology.

network.ifconfig([(ip, subnet, gateway, dns)])¶

Get/set IP-level network interface parameters: IP address, subnet mask, gateway and DNS server. When called with no arguments, this method returns a 4-tuple with the above information. To set the above values, pass a 4-tuple with the required information. For example:

nic.ifconfig(('192.168.0.4', '255.255.255.0', '192.168.0.1', '8.8.8.8'))

network.config('param')¶

network.config(param=value, ...)

Get or set general network interface parameters. These methods allow to work with additional parameters beyond standard IP configuration (as dealt with by ifconfig()). These include network-specific and hardware-specific parameters and status values. For setting parameters, the keyword argument syntax should be used, and multiple parameters can be set at once. For querying, a parameter name should be quoted as a string, and only one parameter can be queried at a time:

# Set WiFi access point name (formally known as ESSID) and WiFi channel
ap.config(essid='My AP', channel=11)
# Query params one by one
print(ap.config('essid'))
print(ap.config('channel'))
# Extended status information also available this way
print(sta.config('rssi'))

Functions¶

network.phy_mode([mode])¶

Get or set the PHY mode.

If the mode parameter is provided, sets the mode to its value. If the function is called without parameters, returns the current mode.

The possible modes are defined as constants:

• MODE_11B – IEEE 802.11b,
• MODE_11G – IEEE 802.11g,
• MODE_11N – IEEE 802.11n.

class WLAN¶

This class provides a driver for WiFi network processor in the ESP8266. Example usage:

import network
# enable station interface and connect to WiFi access point
nic = network.WLAN(network.STA_IF)
nic.active(True)
nic.connect('your-ssid', 'your-password')
# now use sockets as usual