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WiFi list of duplicated SSID access points (AP)

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 10:39 am
by ilangr
Hello,
We are having any issue when using ESP32-S3 chip. After integrating the SDK and implementing the WiFi capabilities, we faced a special case which we think isn't handled well.
In case there are two different APs (access points) that contain the same SSID, lets say "router_ex", the AP scan gives us both of them.
If we compare it to Mediatek chip for example (MT7697), in this case we get a single SSID AP.
Laptop or phones act the same and show you a single SSID and not two like we have in ESP.

My question is: Do we need to manually implement logic to choose which SSID to use (based on RSSI? based on previous connected MAC number? other considerations...?), or does the ESP SDK contain a built in solution for this case?

Re: WiFi list of duplicated SSID access points (AP)

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 7:22 pm
by chegewara
I believe the point is to give programmers flexibility to filter AP by bssid too, which you dont need on PC.

Re: WiFi list of duplicated SSID access points (AP)

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2024 9:52 am
by boarchuz
Station config has fields to control how the driver should select the best AP:
https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/bl ... #L386-L387
Or you can use custom logic and specify the BSSID.