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- Thu Sep 14, 2017 9:24 pm #70001

My phone doesn't care, 2 RasPis don't care a OrangePi doesn't care - my 8266 does. Who'da thunk?

Something like that came up recently. And in that case it was considered a bug because in that context it was to be case insensitive.

- Fri Sep 15, 2017 2:34 am #70003 AFAIK ssid's are supposed to be case sensitive.
BUT if your AP has it's SSID hidden, it doesn't matter how you insert it in your devices because it will never be used. Your device just tries to connect to every AP without SSID it can find with your credentials.

- Fri Sep 15, 2017 9:13 am #70010 Hmmmm, should it be case sensitive??? It does double the (L-ever more) abc vs Abc aBc abC ABc.... Now URL's are INsensitive esp8266.com or ESP8266 will get you to the same site. Passwords - yes but SSID is the same as a URL and is broadcast. So my vote is insensitive.

Aside: some years back we ended up with some software ( OS ) that made the DNS code case sensitive - you want to watch an entire operation screech to a halt....

Anyhow - problem solved - on to the next step in the project.

- Mon Sep 18, 2017 2:56 am #70065 thanks