ESP-32-Eth01 - killing wifi when no ethernet connected

[seersucker]

I have an ESP-32-ETH01 controlling a Raspberry Pi that communicates over wifi.
The ESP doesn't need to be remotely connected, and its wifi interferes with the Pi's own wifi.

As a test, I used an ethernet loopback connector to fool the esp into disabling its wifi.

So far it seems to be working OK, but does anybody know a reason not to do this?

Ethernet loopback plug disabling wifi.png (48.9 KiB) Viewed 2371 times

[TD-er]

I don't really understand what you're trying to achieve here.

[seersucker]

I don't really understand what you're trying to achieve here.

I want the controller to work without an ethernet connection - without reverting automatically to wifi. This device doesn't need a network connection to function, it just does local control.

[TD-er]

Which controller do you mean? Which C0xx?

[seersucker]

Sorry to be so unclear, hopefully the pic helps. Since this PiCorePlayer works over wifi, the esp-32's own wifi interfered with it.
All I am doing is disabling the esp's wifi using a loopback plug to make it believe that it has an ethernet connection.

[Ath]

As a test, I used an ethernet loopback connector to fool the esp into disabling its wifi.

So far it seems to be working OK, but does anybody know a reason not to do this?

As the Eth loop-back plug shouldn't be hurting anything, and it works as intended for you, I'd just use it like that