esp_wifi_repeater VS Arduino

esp32s and esp8266s are my favorite pieces of hardware... for $2 you can setup a wifi access point

https://github.com/martin-ger/esp_wifi_repeater

Have a look at one of the available WiFi repeaters (actually a WiFi NAT Router)

I'm trying to set up a wifi repeater using the binaries from https://github.com/martin-ger/esp_wifi_repeater. Flashing the software goes fine. Connects to internet fine. I set up the AP with a new name and password. Connecting to it seems fine but then it shows as connected, no internet. Any ideas?

Would something like this work? Connect to an ESP32 repeating the signal https://github.com/martin-ger/esp_wifi_repeater

I've never done an outdoor project but you'll need some waterproof strips and a sealed container for the mcu. You can buy waterproof strips in different led densities and styles from btf lighting in amazon and aliexpress, they are completely enclosed in a flexible plastic pipe (or hose?). Be careful with your maximum brightness since the leds can't dissipate as much heat. If they stay on during daylight you might lose many pixels. For the mcu I would use a small food container to which you can add extra waterproofing. If you need extra wifi range you can use an esp 8266 with this code on it https://github.com/martin-ger/esp_wifi_repeater

My mum has a portable WiFi device which is most time in her room, so the WiFi doesn't get to the living room and that's a problem but I love to solve problems so i did some googling and I found a GitHub repository for an ESP8266 repeater by martin-ger,the repo had a binary file for the repeater so I just flashed it into my esp8266 using esptool and it worked like magic. Click here to access the repository; however, there were some problems I had with this repeater(extender):

The result is that the WiFiSecureClient doesn't work when used in the bot declaration, so I changed the variable to WiFiClient but I can't use the certificate, so I comment it out and ESP8266.h gives me a thousand errors due to lack of dependencies in its libraries. I should point out that I downloaded the entire project from the Arduino ESP8266, I don't know how to link all the libraries, so I simply took those from the ESP8266WiFi.

#include #include "time.h" #include "sntp.h" char* ssid = "WIFI"; char* password = "w1fi"; const char* ntpServer1 = "pool.ntp.org"; const char* ntpServer2 = "time.nist.gov"; const long gmtOffset_sec = 3600; const int daylightOffset_sec = 3600; const char* time_zone = "CET-1CEST,M3.5.0,M10.5.0/3"; // TimeZone rule for Europe/Rome including daylight adjustment rules (optional) void printLocalTime() { struct tm timeinfo; if(!getLocalTime(&timeinfo)){ Serial.println("No time available (yet)"); return; } Serial.println(&timeinfo, "%A, %B %d %Y %H:%M:%S"); } // Callback function (get's called when time adjusts via NTP) void timeavailable(struct timeval *t) { Serial.println("Got time adjustment from NTP!"); printLocalTime(); } void setup() { Serial.begin(115200); // set notification call-back function sntp_set_time_sync_notification_cb( timeavailable ); /** * NTP server address could be aquired via DHCP, * * NOTE: This call should be made BEFORE esp32 aquires IP address via DHCP, * otherwise SNTP option 42 would be rejected by default. * NOTE: configTime() function call if made AFTER DHCP-client run * will OVERRIDE aquired NTP server address */ //sntp_servermode_dhcp(1); // (optional) /** * This will set configured ntp servers and constant TimeZone/daylightOffset * should be OK if your time zone does not need to adjust daylightOffset twice a year, * in such a case time adjustment won't be handled automagicaly. */ configTime(gmtOffset_sec, daylightOffset_sec, ntpServer1, ntpServer2); /** * A more convenient approach to handle TimeZones with daylightOffset * would be to specify a environmnet variable with TimeZone definition including daylight adjustmnet rules. * A list of rules for your zone could be obtained from https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/blob/master/cores/esp8266/TZ.h */ //configTzTime(time_zone, ntpServer1, ntpServer2); //connect to WiFi Serial.printf("Connecting to %s ", ssid); WiFi.begin(ssid, password); while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) { delay(500); Serial.print("."); } Serial.println(" CONNECTED"); } void loop() { delay(5000); printLocalTime(); // it will take some time to sync time :) }

https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package\_esp8266com\_index.json https://www.silabs.com/developers/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers?tab=downloads

He meant the Arduino framework. There is an Arduino core for the ESP8266 so you can use Arduino’s IDE and libraries for the ESP with this core here

According to this link(https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/issues/6174) WeMos can't receive broadcasts on SDK 2.2.1.

There are 2 ways to minimize power consumption while maintaining an active WiFi connection, but it's not a large power reduction for either mode. Look at Automatic Modem Sleep and Automatic Light Sleep here: https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/tree/master/libraries/esp8266/examples/LowPowerDemo

That's the Arduino (Uno) library. If you've correctly installed the ESP8266 package then it should be 3.(something-ish) for the ESP8266 version of the WiFi library. Current is 3.1.1 for the core files, and the WiFi is part of the core libraries. If you have your compile options set for verbose then you should see it doesn't access that old Arduino WiFi library.

Seems it's expected https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/issues/721