Chinese ESP8266 clone works as a unsecured hotspot unless you add a line of code into ws2812_controller_esp8266.ino

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Chinese ESP8266 clone works as a unsecured hotspot unless you add a line of code into ws2812_controller_esp8266.ino #298

Closed NotUnderi closed 3 years ago

NotUnderi commented 4 years ago

I tried the provided arduino code with a "Makershop NodeMCU V3.4" that I received in the mail a few days ago and it seems that at least these chinese clones work as a hotspot unless you add a line of code in setup function. Fixed it by addingWiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);in setup function. Seems to be working fine like this. https://github.com/scottlawsonbc/audio-reactive-led-strip/blob/38502b47b482e66fc27981398a538ecefee85ee3/arduino/ws2812_controller_esp8266/ws2812_controller_esp8266.ino#L34-L52

joeybab3 commented 3 years ago

Yeah, this will happen any time the previous sketch was running in AP or STA_AP mode, most sketches I've seen leave it up to the user to have the correct mode but adding that line doesn't add any complexity to the sketch so I will get to that rn.