ESP8266 Community Forum

- Wed May 27, 2015 3:27 pm #18661 Hi,
I tried enabling AP mode on one ESP8266 and connecting few devices to it, but connected devices can't ping each other, they all can only ping AP

Can ESP8266 route packages? Is client isolation enabled by default? If yes, how can I turn it off?

- Wed May 27, 2015 7:33 pm #18679 That's perfectly normal, ESP8266 is not a router.

- Thu May 28, 2015 4:34 am #18715 It has nothing to do with that. The complete SSID is one broadcast domain at layer 2, comparable to a switch, not a router. On a "wired" switch it's normal that "clients" can "see" each other. On an access point this capability can be turned off (indeed called "client isolation") and apparently the esp8266 does that. A very valid question.

- Thu May 28, 2015 7:04 am #18727 Isn't it just a matter of writing firmware that makes the ESP in AP mode forward messages from one client to the next?