WiFi.softAP(ssid, password) does not seem to work..

[shirish47]

#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <WiFiClient.h> 
#include <ESP8266WebServer.h>

/* Set these to your desired credentials. */
const char *ssid = "ESPap";
const char *password = "thereisnospoon";

ESP8266WebServer server(80);

void handleRoot() {
    server.send(200, "text/html", "<h1>You are connected</h1>");
}

void setup() {
    delay(1000);
    Serial.begin(4800);
    Serial.println();
    Serial.print("Configuring access point...");
    /* You can remove the password parameter if you want the AP to be open. */
    WiFi.softAP(ssid, password);

    IPAddress myIP = WiFi.softAPIP();
    Serial.print("AP IP address: ");
    Serial.println(myIP);
    server.on("/", handleRoot);
    server.begin();
    Serial.println("HTTP server started");
}
void loop() {
    server.handleClient();
}

I am using the staging version of ESP8266... the thing is that ESP is not showing the name as given ssid.. it shows AI-thinkers.. some thing like that and open network.

[igrr]

Duplicate of #1123?

[shirish47]

seems like that.. but what is solutions..??

[shirish47]

is it not fixable? a hardware issue??

[igrr]

As mentioned down that link, it is fixed in git and in stable version. Just not yet in staging.

[zenmanenergy]

It's working for me, but the first request is REALLY slow. It takes 30 seconds for the softap example to work the first time, then every request after that is fast.

[shirish47]

OK ya stable version works fine.

[gosewski]

It is pretty obvious but I think it is worth to be mentioned. When the password is too short (less than 8 characters) the WiFi.softAP(ssid, password) function desn't work. Of course there is no warning during compilation.

[Links2004]

warning during compilation is not possible,
but the function return false (but to most user dont check the return value),
and when debug is enabled a error will be shown on serial.

https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/blob/master/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiAP.cpp#L98-L102

[gosewski]

Yes, you are absolutely right about the warning during the compilation and I fully agree that most users don't check the return value (probably because this return value isn't checked even in the example sketches). Therefore I wrote that it is worth to be mentioned.