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- Tue Sep 25, 2018 10:13 am #78371 Hi all,

I have a question to which I can't find a real answer. I know it is possible to update an ESP over the air using wifi:
ESP <-----wifi------> Router <-----wifi------> Computer

But is it possible to have the ESP as an access point running wifi and use OTA ?
Like this:
ESP <-----wifi------> Computer

Thanks !

- Tue Sep 25, 2018 10:42 am #78372 OTA needs an AP to connect to (thus the other way around), so in theory if you set up your PC as an AP, it *should* be possible (simply put you just make your PC the router) I guess.

Assumption is the mother of all f*ckups. At least: that's what I'm assuming.

- Tue Sep 25, 2018 12:50 pm #78380 I'm using OTA in AP mode with ESP8266HTTPUpdateServer in one of my devices without any problem.