ESP8266 Community Forum

- Wed May 10, 2017 4:07 pm #65808 I was searching for a possible solution in order to create a WiFi AP with an Ethernet connection similar to a standard WiFi router. The idea is to create a custom WiFi router that I could connect to a cable modem via Ethernet, but have the ESP8266 operate in AP mode.

I saw an Ethernet module using an ENC28J60 which communicates via SPI. Basically the ESP8266 would pass data over the SPI bus to the Ethernet module. I am not sure if the Arduino library (EtherCard) for the ENC28J60 would actually work with the ESP8266....

Anyone doing the same or have info on this?

Thanks,
T

- Wed May 10, 2017 8:07 pm #65811 Not the same device but maybe this might be helpful for you.

https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/issues/962

- Thu May 11, 2017 7:12 am #65835 I can't see any good reason to do this. Just find a small travel type router that supports DD-WRT or similar.

I would have thought the data rate through the ESP8266 wouldn't be that great compared to an off the shelf router.

- Thu May 11, 2017 9:20 am #65839 We did look at travel routers, but we need to integrate into another device. The data rate is not too important, the speed of the SPI bus would be enough. The low cost of the ESP8266 makes this project look attractive, it's just finding the best solution...