ESP8266 Community Forum

- Thu Dec 17, 2015 7:24 am #36645

Wifi and serial are two completely independent interfaces, and you can use each one as you wish.

how can i do so?
how could i connect both to my router and to my esp8266?

thanks

- Thu Dec 17, 2015 10:59 am #36657 The wifi on your ESP can be configured as an access point (like a router, but without the connection to the internet) or as a station (just like your computer, or your phone, or tablet, or Nest thermostat, etc), or both at the same time.

With your ESP connected to the same wifi network as your computer, you can connect to it using tcp/ip protocols just like any other computer connected to the network.

The console interface doesn't really exist on wifi. You would have to write and run some code.

I think you should get a usb-to-ttl-serial dongle such as Adafruit's usb console cable:

https://www.adafruit.com/product/954