ESP8266 Community Forum

- Tue Jun 14, 2016 11:26 am #49187 Hello there, I recently bought one of the ESP8266 (ESP-01) and I was testing it.

I could connect to my router and act as a client and as a server. But Im wondering the next case: If I have an ended project and I didnt configure the password in the WiFi connection, is it possible to connect to the ESP8266, with my phone for example, and send via TCP the password and the name of the WiFi it should connect to ?

The main question is, can I connect to the ESP8266 while it is not connected to the Internet ?

Thanks.

- Wed Jun 15, 2016 9:58 am #49219 Yes, the ESP can run as an AP itself, with its softAP mode. Most people load a mini webserver onto it for setting that kind of config.

Thats pretty much what this project does viewtopic.php?f=34&t=376 . There are similar Arduino projects if thats more your style as well.

- Wed Jun 15, 2016 1:33 pm #49235 There is also the project WiFiManager from @tzapu which doesn that too.
https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager