ESP8266 Community Forum

- Fri Dec 23, 2016 2:34 am #59859 I'm running anESP-link GUI firmware currently. When I set the AP mode to AP+STA and connect to my home AP to provide it with internet I lose access to the ESP8266 AP shortly after this. I don't know if this is by design but I would assume not. When checking logs I see the below. Would anyone know by chance if this is a by designed behavior or not? I wouldn't think so as it has an option for OTA FW update and if I cannot even connect it to my home AP to get it internet and still access the ESP8266 web GUI I don't see how that would work. Maybe I'm looking at this wrong and you guys could shed some light on it? When I do connect to my home AP to provide the ESP8266 w/ internet and lose the ESP8266 gui I have to do a FW reflash to get access to it again as I cannot figure out a command line to change the AP mode (No AT commands for this FW I can find).

***I'm starting to think this is default behavior as I went back to an AT FW, set CWMODE to 3, connected to my home AP and lost the ESP8266 AP. The second I quick the home AP via AT+CWQAP I got the ESP8266 AP back. So is there any any way to have the ESP8266 connect to my home AP for internet as well as provide it's web GUI for admin purposes after it is connected?


******Turns out it is default behavior and for some reason it didn't occur to me I could access the web GUI from its LAN IP, not the 192.168.4.1.

2087> host_name = esp-link
2089> server_name = _http._tcp.local
15217> Wifi check: mode=AP+STA status=5
15218> Wifi got IP. Going into STA mode..
15218> bcn 0
15218> del if1
15219> pm open,type:2 0
15221> mode : sta(5c:cf:7f:8f:80:f7)
15329> Turning OFF uart log

Thanks
Dave