WebREPL Not Responding on PICO W

[DS256]

I figure I'm doing something wrong since I haven't see this problem documented.

I have a PICO W using uPython 'MicroPython v1.19.1-852-g9ea64a36a on 2023-02-03; Raspberry Pi Pico W with RP2040'.

Using the instructions on this page, I downloaded and configured WebREPL through mpremote.

>>> import webrepl_setup
WebREPL daemon auto-start status: disabled

Would you like to (E)nable or (D)isable it running on boot?
(Empty line to quit)
> E
Would you like to change WebREPL password? (y/n) y
New password (4-9 chars): foobar
Confirm password: foobar
Changes will be activated after reboot
Would you like to reboot now? (y/n) y

Using mpremote, I confirmed it was working. The 'status' lines are printed from boot.py

MicroPython v1.19.1-852-g9ea64a36a on 2023-02-03; Raspberry Pi Pico W with RP2040
Type "help()" for more information.
>>> 
MPY: soft reboot
Status= 1 . Cnt= 1
Status= 3 . Cnt= 2
WebREPL server started on http://192.168.0.102:8266/
Started webrepl in normal mode

I then created and ran a modified test program based on this GIT repo. I never received a response back from the connection which, as you see from the date/time stamps, was after I terminated the program after 8 minutes.

paul@p400PI:~/pgm $ 
paul@p400PI:~/pgm $ more webreply_test.py
import webrepl
print("Connecting to PICO W")
repl=webrepl.Webrepl(**{'host':'192.168.0.102',\
					    'port':8266,\
					    'password':'foobar',\
					    'debug':True})
print("Connected")
ver=repl.get_ver()
print(ver)
paul@p400PI:~/pgm $ 
paul@p400PI:~/pgm $ 
paul@p400PI:~/pgm $ date
Thu 08 Jun 2023 11:00:20 AM EDT
paul@p400PI:~/pgm $ python3 ./webreply_test.py
Connecting to PICO W
[d] connecting to 192.168.0.102 8266
[d] handshake
[d] login as foobar
[d] login sent foobar


^CTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/paul/pgm/./webreply_test.py", line 3, in <module>
    repl=webrepl.Webrepl(**{'host':'192.168.0.102',\
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/webrepl.py", line 129, in __init__
    self.login(self.password)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/webrepl.py", line 187, in login
    resp = self.ws.read(64, text_ok=True, size_match=False)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/webrepl.py", line 79, in read
    hdr = self.recvexactly(2)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/webrepl.py", line 65, in recvexactly
    data = self.s.recv(sz)
KeyboardInterrupt

paul@p400PI:~/pgm $ date
Thu 08 Jun 2023 11:08:40 AM EDT
paul@p400PI:~/pgm $ 

I am using the MQTT client umqtt.simple and an wondering if that is causing a conflict. I haven't seen anything in the log files where I record exceptions.

I'm looking for suggestions on what's wrong.
Thanks

[DS256]

I disabled MQTT but still no luck with the webrepl_test.py above
I tried webrepl_cli.py and it worked at least on one of the protocols it uses.

paul@p400PI:~/pgm $ ./webrepl_cli.py -p foobar 192.168.0.102
op:repl, host:192.168.0.102, port:8266, passwd:foobar.
Remote WebREPL version: (1, 19, 1)
Use Ctrl-] to exit this shell

>>> 
>>> locals()
{'machine': <module 'umachine'>, 'params': <module 'weth_2_params' from 'weth_2_params.py'>, 'webrepl': <module 'webrepl' from 'webrepl.py'>, 'f': <io.TextIOWrapper>, 'boot_ok': True, 'rp2': <module 'rp2' from 'rp2.py'>, 'print_exception': <function>, 'log_time': <function log_time at 0x20009e70>, 'boot_enviro': <function boot_enviro at 0x2000c330>, 'b': '', '__name__': '__main__'}
>>> globals()
{'machine': <module 'umachine'>, 'params': <module 'weth_2_params' from 'weth_2_params.py'>, 'webrepl': <module 'webrepl' from 'webrepl.py'>, 'f': <io.TextIOWrapper>, 'boot_ok': True, 'rp2': <module 'rp2' from 'rp2.py'>, 'print_exception': <function>, 'log_time': <function log_time at 0x20009e70>, 'boot_enviro': <function boot_enviro at 0x2000c330>, 'b': '', '__name__': '__main__'}
>>>