Make flash flashes it onto an esp8266.
Wifi repeater esp8266. 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. Build the esp wifi repeater firmware with make. 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. Nodemcu esp8266 the nodemcu esp8266 is the main and only component so i would like to describe some basic features and specifications too.
Changes of the default configuration can be made in user config flash c. We will use the esp8266 based nodemcu module which is available under 5 inr 350. Let s have a generous look at the possibilities using esp8266 or any esp8266 based development boards e g. Nodemcu wemos etc before getting started with this new cool project.
The best part is that this small wifi 2 4ghz based module can work on the power bank. The esp8266 wifi repeater range extender. You can do this by using a serial terminal app such as the arduino ide serial monitor or a program such as putty exe. Comparison with lora duration.
Andreas spiess 139 892 views. The source tree includes a binary version of the liblwip open plus the required additional includes from my fork of esp open lwip and a binary of the rboot tool. Besides extending the wifi coverage this wifi repeater will also make your wifi secure from iot attacks. 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.