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Description

On a W5500_EVB_PICO, I see these symbols:

import network
dir(network)
['__class__', '__name__', 'AP_IF', 'STA_IF', 'WIZNET5K', '__dict__', 'country', 'hostname', 'route']

nic = network.WIZNET5K
dir(nic)
['__class__', '__name__', '__bases__', '__dict__', 'active', 'config', 'ifconfig', 'isconnected', 'regs', 'send_ethernet', 'status']

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The board is wired to a network switch.

I issue

nic.active(True)

and with Wireshark I see the tcp/ip stack tries to get a lease from a dhcp server.

During this:

nic.isconnected()
False

From the doc
Returns True if the physical Ethernet link is connected and up.

The physical Eth link is running.

Question 1)
is nic.isconnected() not working or is the doc in error?

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Polling nic.status(), when it changes from 0 to 2 the nic still isn't configured:

nic.ifconfig()
('0.0.0.0', '0.0.0.0', '0.0.0.0', '0.0.0.0')

I have to poll with nic.isconnected(); when it changes to True the nic has acquired the dhcp lease:

nic.ifconfig()
('192.168.1.2', '255.255.255.0', '192.168.1.1', '9.9.9.9')

Questions:

2. Can you add symbols for the current status() return values ?

3. Can you enhance status() adding the return value STAT_GOT_IP ?
   So it is possible to poll just status(), as with WiFi interfaces.

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