ESP8266 Community Forum

- Sat Mar 14, 2020 5:28 am #86049 Hi!
I've set the ESP8266 as access point (AP mode)
I search for nearby networks via my phone and I can see the esp's name in the list.
But I can't connect to it. I've tried it with other phones and laptops. It doesn't work.
Why is that?

- Sat Mar 14, 2020 5:11 pm #86057 Difficult to say without any idea of programming environment or code.

If using Arduino then try starting with example which can be found at

...\libraries\ESP8266WiFi\examples\WiFiAccessPoint

- Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:34 am #86091 Also... after you've managed to connect to an ESP, you have to assign your phone/laptop an IP address manually, since the ESP doesn't contain a DHCP server.

Assumption is the mother of all f*ckups. At least: that's what I'm assuming.

- Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:58 am #86098

Also... after you've managed to connect to an ESP, you have to assign your phone/laptop an IP address manually, since the ESP doesn't contain a DHCP server.

this I really doubt ...