Extend wifi range - again
Posted: 03 May 2024, 10:41
Hello,
I've seen a few topics about extending wifi range already posted:
viewtopic.php?t=8100
https://letscontrolit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5288,
however in the end I am not sure what is the current status of this. Could You please tell me if something changed since those discussions?
Full story: I am moving to a new house and there is no way that single AP will cover whole area. I also would like to use EasyESP (that is a great project by the way) to get sensor data from rooms and control heater fans. I really would like to avoid line-plug extenders, and keep everything on my own devices - I want to design something like "motherboard" for ESP with power converter (24->3.3V), fan control circuits (PWM), fan speed check (frequency), temperature sensors, etc.
As I understand now there is no way to route data between esps without AP, so my idea is to design "motherboard" in the way that it will have connectors for 2 ESP units. Then in critical places I will use 2 esps one running EasyESP and one with "esp_wifi_repeater" firmware (https://github.com/martin-ger/esp_wifi_repeater) with static routing tables. I've already checked this idea on the bench and it seems to work nice, allowing 2 way communication of espeasy units and central host (PC or raspberry). What do You thing about this?
Best Regards,
Michael W.
I've seen a few topics about extending wifi range already posted:
viewtopic.php?t=8100
https://letscontrolit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5288,
however in the end I am not sure what is the current status of this. Could You please tell me if something changed since those discussions?
Full story: I am moving to a new house and there is no way that single AP will cover whole area. I also would like to use EasyESP (that is a great project by the way) to get sensor data from rooms and control heater fans. I really would like to avoid line-plug extenders, and keep everything on my own devices - I want to design something like "motherboard" for ESP with power converter (24->3.3V), fan control circuits (PWM), fan speed check (frequency), temperature sensors, etc.
As I understand now there is no way to route data between esps without AP, so my idea is to design "motherboard" in the way that it will have connectors for 2 ESP units. Then in critical places I will use 2 esps one running EasyESP and one with "esp_wifi_repeater" firmware (https://github.com/martin-ger/esp_wifi_repeater) with static routing tables. I've already checked this idea on the bench and it seems to work nice, allowing 2 way communication of espeasy units and central host (PC or raspberry). What do You thing about this?
Best Regards,
Michael W.