TCPClient.connected returns true until timeout on Photon HTTP request

[peekay123]

@JumpMaster, if you are compiling on the web IDE then I don't believe that client.connected() will correctly return FALSE when the server disconnects. I discussed this issue here:

Photon simple telnet to serial fails

I hope I don’t shatter the image of Elites knowing everything! I am trying to use a Photon to create a super simple telnet (TPC port 23) to Serial “conduit” so I can use Putty or TeraTerm to telnet into the photon so all data sent goes to the Serial port and vice versa. The ultimate goal is to be able to turn this “feature” on and off. So, the issue I have it that is works fine on the first telnet connection but once I close the Putty session, wait a few seconds and open another session, the …

The fix is available for those who compile locally but not on the web IDE yet. As a temporary fix, you can set a timeout so that when you receive nothing from the server for a set time (5 secs?), you do a client.stop().