The router my extender connects to only reaches about 20 feet due to a wall but with the extender plugged in 10 feet to 50 feet away from it the connection reaches 310 feet and is just fast.
Esp8266 wifi extender. Skillful hands and patience. Using the esp8266 stationap mode in combination with a custom build of nodemcu dhcp and ip forwarding enabled the module can be used as a simple wifi range extender. 1 nodemcu or esp8266. Esp connected to internet wifi router and obtained ip as 192 168 1 25 client browser connected to esp using 192 168 4 1 and should be able to browse the internet.
This is an implementation of a wifi nat router on the esp8266 and esp8285. It is easy but if you don t have wi fi extender or you don t want to buy and you may build own wi fi extender system for fun. The nodemcu esp8266 is the main and only component so i would like to describe some basic. Since the writing of this instructable the firmware has been improved greatly with the additional of a gui settings page like a normal router firewall power management indicator led and automatic mesh networking connect multiple units together features.
But for every wi fi based iot enabled devices you need an internet connection or you can say uninterrupted internet wi fi connectivity. I don t want to explain how to setup arduino ide for esp8266. It also includes support for a packet filtering firewall with acls port mapping traffic shaping hooks for remote monitoring or packet sniffing an mqtt management interface simple gpio interaction and power management. Good router to configure route settings.
How can i make esp8266 as a wifi range extender. The esp8266 wifi repeater range extender. The router my extender connects to only reaches about 20 feet due to a wall but with the extender plugged in 10 feet to 50 feet away from it the connection reaches 310 feet. I stumbled upon martin ger s wifi nat router firmware for the esp8266 wifi module flashed it onto my 2 esp 01 wifi module and it works quite well.
Nodemcu wemos etc before getting started with this new cool project. How to build your own wifi extender from a cheap 2 8 esp8266 wifi module edit.