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khoih-prog / ESPAsync_WiFiManager

This is an ESP32 (including ESP32-S2 and ESP32-C3) / ESP8266 WiFi Connection Manager, using ESPAsyncWebServer, with fallback web configuration portal. Use this library for configuring ESP32, ESP8266 modules' WiFi, etc. Credentials at runtime. You can also specify static DNS servers, personalized HostName, fixed or random AP WiFi channel. With examples supporting ArduinoJson 6.0.0+ as well as 5.13.5- . Using AsyncDNSServer instead of DNSServer now.
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Config portal in client mode #41

Closed cultur98 closed 3 years ago

cultur98 commented 3 years ago

I have an application where i am happy to user the WiFiManager. Since I added some config parameters I wondered if it is possible to access the Portal also in Client mode, when I am connected to a hotspot. These would easy the process of changing parameters here.

khoih-prog commented 3 years ago

Since I added some config parameters I wondered if it is possible to access the Portal also in Client mode, when I am connected to a hotspot.

Sorry I don't understand what you mean here. Can you clarify and post a detailed use-case?

If it's convincing, I'll spend some time to look at and consider to add enhancement, or even a new library specially for that purpose.

cultur98 commented 3 years ago

Sorry for the confusion. Maybe I should have described it in more detail. I added some parameters to the Configure Screen of your work. This is a nice and convenient interface for me. The only thing is: I can only access the Configure Screen when the device is in AP Mode. Is there a simple way to access the Configuration Screen when I am connected to a WiFi Hotspot and not in AP mode.

khoih-prog commented 3 years ago

This has been asked for and discussed many times before. But it's still not advisable to do so, even technically it's easy to do.

The issue is the boards still has to run (ESP)(Async)_WiFiManager, consuming resources (memory, CPU, etc.) when not necessary. The (ESP)(Async)_WiFiManager is only needed a short time to input / modify Credentials, then it's better to stop it when not using anymore.

So I won't spend time on this issue now.

Thanks for your suggestion anyway as we always need new ideas and suggestions like yours.

Please don't hesitate to post new convincing enhancement requests.