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Cheap wifi repeater
Long time ago (see: https://marcelpetrick.bplaced.net/wp_solutionsnotcode/?p=1266 ) I announced the plan to set up one/some ESP8266 as wifi-repeater and after some tinkering I did.
The device was running during Summer 2020 until now in different locations.
Code comes from martin-ger – kudos to him. Flash the binary and you’re done. Used the ESP-download-tool, as far as I can remember.
The wrapping is quite makeshift, but works. The blinking LED is a bit annoying if used on the balcony at night. will fix the hole for the cable with hot glue. Can run from battery pack or via usb-charger. Ah, yes, the price for the full package is around 3 €.
Performance: throughput is 5 Mbps down and 2 Mbps upstream. Not really much, but better than the local 4G ..
If the ESP8266 is connected via USB to serial terminal (115.200 baud), the output at boot looks like this:
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WiFi Repeater V1.2 starting Config found and loaded Starting Console TCP Server on 7777 port mode : sta(3c:71:bf:3a:a2:74) + softAP(3e:71:bf:3a:a2:74) add if0 add if1 dhcp server start:(ip:192.168.4.1,mask:255.255.255.0,gw:192.168.4.1) bcn 100 shoscandone state: 0 -> 2 (b0) STA: SSID:Katzengast24 PW: removed;) [AutoConnect:1] AP: SSID:newGreen PW: removed;) IP:192.168.4.1/24 Clock speed: 80 CMD>state: 2 -> 3 (0) state: 3 -> 5 (10) add 0 aid 1 cnt connected with Katzengast24, channel 10 dhcp client start... connect to ssid Katzengast24, channel 10 CMD> CMD> CMD> STA: SSID:Katzengast24 PW: ;) [AutoConnect:1] AP: SSID:newGreen PW: ;) IP:192.168.4.1/24 Clock speed: 80 CMD>ip:192.168.178.126,mask:255.255.255.0,gw:192.168.178.1 ip:192.168.178.126,mask:255.255.255.0,gw:192.168.178.1,dns:192.168.178.1 add 1 aid 1 station: a4:9b:4f:05:55:be join, AID = 1 station: a4:9b:4f:05:55:bejoin, AID = 1 LmacRxBlk:1 LmacRxBlk:1 LmacRxBlk:1 LmacRxBlk:1 |
Configure via serial by doing:
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set ssid Katzengast24 set password removed;) set ap_ssid newGreen set ap_password removed;) save |
micro:bit v2 arrived :)
Today (finally) my micro:bit v2 arrived. Had to unwrap it immediately after dinner and play around with the speech synthesis👌🏻 Some lines of microPython and the things got heated.
If you’re not creating anything nowadays, then it’s your own fault 🐒
