Not a feature request, but a procedure documentation request
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2015 9:41 amHi Mike, this project is great and your constant updates are awesome. I am sure I am not the only one here that, because of espbasic, is now really excited about using the esp8266 for new projects. Using the esp as an access point is very cool, however, as a noob, I have no idea about how to go about accessing the esp from somewhere other than it general vacinity. I am trying to figure out what to do after I connect to my network, to access this from anywhere. I don't understand port forwarding and the rest of what is necessary to accomplish this and really, this is where it becomes very powerful for IOT stuff.
So what I am requesting is, a step by step guide to getting an esp8266 running espbasic on to the internet for communication and control from anywhere. I understand there will be differences in how this is done based on what particular router people have, etc. but a "basic" setup with an esp to router to browser outside of the network. Having read a bit on this, I understand that there are "security" issues that may come with this, but there has to be a way to get this to work, without too much hassle, so we can take this to the next level.
There are many examples out there, but typically in these instruction, so much is left to the author assuming that the reader has a pretty good grip on a lot of details that are simply over my head as a beginner, so I usually don't get successful results due to something that just doesn't make sense.
If you could put something together that is simple and understandable for the espbasic to do this, I, and I am sure many others, would be infinitely grateful as this would put us on the "next level" for doing cool things with IOT.
Thank you for your consideration.
So what I am requesting is, a step by step guide to getting an esp8266 running espbasic on to the internet for communication and control from anywhere. I understand there will be differences in how this is done based on what particular router people have, etc. but a "basic" setup with an esp to router to browser outside of the network. Having read a bit on this, I understand that there are "security" issues that may come with this, but there has to be a way to get this to work, without too much hassle, so we can take this to the next level.
There are many examples out there, but typically in these instruction, so much is left to the author assuming that the reader has a pretty good grip on a lot of details that are simply over my head as a beginner, so I usually don't get successful results due to something that just doesn't make sense.
If you could put something together that is simple and understandable for the espbasic to do this, I, and I am sure many others, would be infinitely grateful as this would put us on the "next level" for doing cool things with IOT.
Thank you for your consideration.