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by wolf359
Sat May 13, 2023 12:41 am
Forum: ESP-MDF
Topic: ESP MESH network with 2 Access Points
Replies: 2
Views: 30610

ESP MESH network with 2 Access Points

Espressif's implementation of mesh networks seems limited to a single Access Point for interfacing the mesh to the outside world. Is it possible to get around this restriction? Basically I'm looking to create a sort of bi-directional mesh network with two access points. One of my projects is to inst...
by wolf359
Wed Apr 20, 2022 8:59 pm
Forum: ESP-MDF
Topic: Bridging the 2 mesh networks?
Replies: 2
Views: 6885

Re: Bridging the 2 mesh networks?

Okay, so it turns out that this behavior is a bug with the current version of the ESP32 chip. With the current ESP32s, an ESP-MESH network can connect to at most to only one AP; if a 2nd AP is actively connected to, the mesh network bifurcates into two meshes, each with one AP, and the two meshes ca...
by wolf359
Thu Apr 14, 2022 7:08 pm
Forum: ESP-MDF
Topic: Bridging the 2 mesh networks?
Replies: 2
Views: 6885

Re: Bridging the 2 mesh networks?

Here's an interesting observation... I have ESP32 mesh node A bridged to an AP (192.168.0.5), and mesh node B bridged to another AP (192.168.0.10). The mesh network config for both A and B is identical: #define MESH_PREFIX "WalkTalkMesh" #define MESH_PASSWORD "somethingSneaky" #define MESH_PORT 5555...
by wolf359
Tue Apr 12, 2022 9:30 pm
Forum: ESP-MDF
Topic: Bridging the 2 mesh networks?
Replies: 2
Views: 6885

Bridging the 2 mesh networks?

I have little project to use ESP32 mesh to enable 2 Raspberry Pi Zeros to act like "walkie-talkies". So each RPi is a WiFi AP hotspot and has a piggybacked ESP32 board (which acts as a bridge from the mesh to the RPi's AP, using painlessMesh). That part works fine. But the RPi+ESP mesh of the one si...