ESP8266 Community Forum

- Mon May 09, 2016 7:54 pm #47207 First I have to say that there is a LOT that I don't understand (yet) as far as WiFi and networking. So this will probably sound like a dumb question, but hey, I need to know.

I am starting to use the ESP8266 at work (my manager bought into it) . At home I supply the SSID and password for my network and I'm off to the races. At work I am able to connect to my work's network and I am able to run the scanWiFi sketch. I then try to run a server sketch and I can't connect to the ESP8266 . I am assuming that the network security is preventing the server to be seen.

Now my question. I have an old Belkin WiFi router at home. Can I use it, by itself, no internet, for the ESP8266 to connect to as a server, and then connect to the WiFi router with another device and have access to the ESP server? If so, is there anything special I need to do?

edit - Basically I want the router to be it's own network and have other devices be able to join it.

- Tue May 10, 2016 2:46 am #47217 Some routers have an option to isolate wifi clients from each other; but it should be easy to disable it, in case it is active. Other than that, your idea seems fine to me.

- Tue May 10, 2016 6:34 am #47222 As long as you are not going to connect to the internet - this works as expected. In my application, I dont access to the internet but just a WiFi router. This is exactly how, I am working. There is no problem. Rather it is very convenient that you have full control over the router.