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Hi,
I am currently running a wemos D1 board as a wireless sensor-node.
The node is streaming data via UDP to a server running InfluxDB.
Due to the fact, that UDP is, as expected, loosing packages every now and then I am looking for an alternative transfer method.

InfluxDB recommends HTTP as their preferred method, but I kind of have the feeling that I need something with a bit less overhead as I have to pump quite a bit of date through the network.

Another interface option to InfluxDB is telnet.

Now, finally my question: I have seen examples of using using the ESP8266 as a telnet server.
However, am I right to assume, that in my case, the ESP should be a client?
I am far from being a networking expert, so, any hints would be much appreciated.
Thx
Kind

While telnet is actually a rather involved protocol for handling terminal interfaces over TCP/IP, in this case, it is a simple TCP connection to the server.