Using a ESPEasy as WiFi extender?

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Using a ESPEasy as WiFi extender?

#1 Post by yellowsky » 03 May 2018, 06:10

Hi everyone,I'm not sure if i can do the following.
I have a esp8266 with espeasy.
I have another one far away from the router.
Generally it has difficulties to connect to the router due to the distance.
Is there any way to use the first ESPeasy as a gateway?

For example, i would like to connect to this ESPEasy to send data to the local network (domoticz).

If it is possible, how can i do?

Thank You.

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Re: Using a ESPEasy as WiFi extender?

#2 Post by Domosapiens » 03 May 2018, 17:38

Not an answer on your solution,
but can this solve the problem? add an antenna:
https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/WEMOS-D1 ... Title=true
https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1set-2-4 ... Title=true
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Re: Using a ESPEasy as WiFi extender?

#3 Post by Oxyandy » 04 May 2018, 00:00

An antenna is a great idea.
An extra access point made from an old router is maybe the easiest.
An ESP module can even be made into an access point with special firmware, but can not beat a proper one

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Re: Using a ESPEasy as WiFi extender?

#4 Post by yellowsky » 04 May 2018, 05:25

I will try with an antenna but i'm wondering why a ESP8266 with ESPeasy can't received information of another client.
Because using a other router as wifi expander is quite "big" only for this...

Notice i will try an ESP07 because the Wemos is less suitable for deep sleep usage.

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Re: Using a ESPEasy as WiFi extender?

#5 Post by TD-er » 05 May 2018, 00:24

You may also want to experiment with the orientation of the ESP module.
The plane in which the antenna is oriented has to be parallel to the plane of the antenna-orientation of the accesspoint to get the best results.
For testing, you could try to add an OLED module and start experimenting with the OLED-Framed module active.
That will show an reception indicator, which is updated every second.

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Re: Using a ESPEasy as WiFi extender?

#6 Post by enesbcs » 05 May 2018, 18:05

yellowsky wrote: 03 May 2018, 06:10 Hi everyone,I'm not sure if i can do the following.
I have a esp8266 with espeasy.
I have another one far away from the router.
Generally it has difficulties to connect to the router due to the distance.
Is there any way to use the first ESPeasy as a gateway?
There are another project, that can work as a wifi extender.
https://github.com/martin-ger/esp_wifi_repeater
However i did not tested it yet, it's AutoMesh function seems very promising. It will be a nice addition to the ESPEasy 3.0. ;)
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