ESP Easy next stable... (release candidates)

[Ton_vN]

@Toffel969

Perhaps kicking an open door, but do you apply for coverage of your premises 1 single Wifi-AP, or multiple APs, or 1*AP+repeaters?

Have the own experience that for a setup with physically wide-spread ESP8266s, 1 single AP/router is hardly sufficient to cover the premises.
Only the 2 other configurations (= 1*router + multiple APs OR 1*AP/router + multiple Repeaters) assure communication-coverage of sufficient strength, although the latter setup has the handicap of reduced capacity.

[Ton_vN]

See it nowhere (specificly) mentioned for inclusion in the next stable release:
UV/IR/Light-sensor type SI1145 included in the next release, or implementation to be continued by the ino-file?

[mrwee]

@Toffel969

Perhaps kicking an open door, but do you apply for coverage of your premises 1 single Wifi-AP, or multiple APs, or 1*AP+repeaters?

Have the own experience that for a setup with physically wide-spread ESP8266s, 1 single AP/router is hardly sufficient to cover the premises.
Only the 2 other configurations (= 1*router + multiple APs OR 1*AP/router + multiple Repeaters) assure communication-coverage of sufficient strength, although the latter setup has the handicap of reduced capacity.

I have 3 AP's on a Cisco 2504 covering our house + most of the 1000m2 garden (Probably need 4 to have full coverage)

[Shardan]

Hello,

this may depend on your WiFi AP too.
I'm using a single Ubiquiti Unifi AC-Pro at home and three at my company - they cover quite a big range.
These are quite expensive, but using "small" or cheap AP's showed me decreased connectivity and speed.

Regards
Shardan

[toffel969]

@Toffel969

Perhaps kicking an open door, but do you apply for coverage of your premises 1 single Wifi-AP, or multiple APs, or 1*AP+repeaters?

Have the own experience that for a setup with physically wide-spread ESP8266s, 1 single AP/router is hardly sufficient to cover the premises.
Only the 2 other configurations (= 1*router + multiple APs OR 1*AP/router + multiple Repeaters) assure communication-coverage of sufficient strength, although the latter setup has the handicap of reduced capacity.

I tried with an additional AP, both in AP and repeater mode. Best was AP mode, I never got the repeating mode to be stable (ASUS RT12-N). Anyway my solution to shield the router in unwanted direction (aluminium plate) und reflect it in desired direction. together with alive checker from domoticz its very stable now

[jbaumann]

Is it possible to enable the additional GPIOs for ESP8285 builds automatically, or at least manually using a flag? Currently it seems hardcoded to me.

Cheers, Joachim