Is it possible to use ESP-NOW and conenct to a WiFi network

[hassan1551]

I would like to ask some about something that did not work out for me. I am using PlatformIO. I have been trying to use one ESP32 to communicate with an ESP8266 using ESP-NOW and report back to a Wifi network that the ESP32 will connect to. This is a code that only initializes the ESP-NOW, without connecting to a Wifi network on the ESP32 board, it worked fine for me while communicating with the ESP8266:

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1. void setup() {
2.  Serial.begin(9600);
3.  WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
4.  
5.  // Get Mac Add
6.  Serial.print("Mac Address: ");
7.  Serial.println(WiFi.macAddress());
8.  
9.  // Initializing the ESP-NOW
10.  if (esp_now_init() != 0) {
11.    Serial.println("Problem during ESP-NOW init");
12.    return;
13.  }
14.  esp_now_register_recv_cb(onDataReceiver);
15.  esp_now_register_send_cb(onSent);
16.  esp_now_peer_info_t* peer = new esp_now_peer_info_t;
17.  memcpy(peer->peer_addr, slaveAddr, 6);
18.  peer->channel = 4;
19.  peer->encrypt = false;peer->ifidx = ESP_IF_WIFI_STA;
20.  esp_now_add_peer(peer);
21.  esp_now_send(slave1, dataToSend, sizeof(dataToSend));
22. }

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Now, if I want it to connect to a network, I place the following line right before the "esp_now_init()", after adding this line, it successfully connects to the network, but the ESP-NOW stops sending nor receiving any messages :

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1. WiFi.begin(networkSSID, networkPassword)

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Here are my questions, is it even possible to connect to a Wifi network and use ESP-NOW at the same time? if it is possible, how can I get it to work? I am thankful for this forum and your hard work in it.

[michikite]

edit:
https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/issues/878

[hassan1551]

edit:
https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/issues/878

It worked, but this is not what I need, I need to connect to a network, not create one and at the same time using the ESP-NOW

[michikite]

are you on the same wifi channel for esp-now and normal wifi?
I have not tried it myself, but I think that is a requirement. Then it should work.

[impishbynature]

My experience is that practical connection is diminished , a lot.

I now use two devices as standard, one for ESP-NOW and the other for TCP and link them by the serial TX/RX so they are each dedicated to one type of networking, makes a huge difference and is much cheaper if your time is worth anything.