Gets wifi on and keeps it alive on a Tessel

wifi

var wifi = require('wifi-cc3000');
var wifiSettings = {
  ssid: "technicallyWifi",
  password: "scriptstick",
  timeout: 40
};

var port = 8000;
var connected = false;
var debug = false;

function checkConnection () {
  if (wifi.isConnected()) {
    if (debug) {
      console.log('Connected!');
    }
    if (!connected) {
      connected = true;
      console.log('Executing.');
    }
  } else {
    if (debug) {
      console.log('Connecting...');
    }
    wifi.connect(wifiSettings, function (err, res) {
      if(err & debug) {
        console.log('Error connecting:', err);
      }
      checkConnection();
    });
  }
}

wifi.on('connect', function () {
  if (debug) {
    console.log('Connected.');
  }
  checkConnection();
});

wifi.on('disconnect', function () {
  if (debug) {
    console.log('Disconnected.');
  }
  if (connected) {
    connected = false;
    console.log('Execution stopped.');
  }
  checkConnection();
});