Network/Internet Connectivity

[rgpieper]

I'm getting some occasional weird behavior from my Pi connecting to networks and the internet: the Pi does not send me an email on startup and its access point is unavailable. When this happens, I have been able to connect to it via ssh by assuming that it's IP didn't change from the last time I connected to it (when it was connected to my WiFi network and I did receive an email). Once connected, ifconfig indicates that it is using its access point, though I am connected to it from a computer that is not connected to that access point. While connected in this way, the Pi is not connected to the internet (no response from ping google.com). From here, I am able to connect to the internet via sudo neurobionicspi-cli --select-network, selecting my WiFi network, but that assumes I am able to connect with it in the first place (which requires its IP to not change between uses).