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Hi,
I'm using ESP8226 in mode "WIFI_AP_STA".
STATION (ESP8266 connected to WiFi as client) work everting fine but AP (ESP8266 as softAP) work fine only if STATION is connected. Try to explain in different way, in WIFI_AP_STA AP don't work (or work bud) until same ESP is not connected to another WiFi as STATION.
Any Suggestion?

If your interest is academic and really like messing around with the intricacies of a web server, I can say you certainly should be able to use one and/or the other in any combination. I don't recognize the behavior you describing or what might cause it. Without seeing your code, I'm not sure anyone is really going to be able to point you in the right direction.

If your real goal is get a web interface working so you can get to the meat of your project, my web server library is readily downloadable from the Arduino Library Manager. 3 lines of code in a blank Sketch will keep you from having to solve your problem.

https://www.esp8266.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=23535