ESP8266 Community Forum

- Mon Sep 21, 2015 6:21 am #29571 "The wifi.setmode(wifi.STATION) statement should be done only if we are using a static IP. It should not be used if we use a dynamic IP (i.e. in a DHCP environment)."

Hi, is this statement true ? Please let me know what is the reason behind it ?

- Tue Sep 22, 2015 9:44 pm #29688 Hello,
That statement would be false.

The function wifi.setmode() is used to select between different modes of operation (STATION, SOFTAP, STATIONAP).
Station mode connects to preexisting wifi networks, SoftAP mode hosts a wifi network, and StationAP mode allows you to connect to an existing wifi network and host a wifi network simultaneously.

However... your statement would apply to the function wifi.sta.setip()