getting the esp8266 to connect to a hidden ssid #3457
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Basic Infos
Hardware
Hardware: wemos d1 mini
Core Version: 2.3.0
Description
I am trying to get my wemos d1 mini to connect to a hidden ssid, it is a network with WPA2-PSK security. I have tried to connect to this network with a few of the example scripts and it is not working. I have looked into it and found this forum post #2390, there somebody came to the conclusion that his ESP8266 was set to n-only mode and it needed to be set to b/g/n mode. I am not sure what he meant by this. I did some research and apparently it has something to do with radio types but I still don't really understand it because it seems that you can only set it to n b or g not all 3.
Settings in IDE
Module: ?Generic ESP8266 Module?
Flash Size: 4MB
CPU Frequency: 80Mhz
Flash Mode: arduino ide
Flash Frequency: 40Mhz
Upload Using: SERIAL
Reset Method: ?ck / nodemcu?
Sketch
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial.println();
WiFi.begin("ssid", "password");
Serial.print("Connecting");
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED)
{
delay(500);
Serial.print(WiFi.status());
}
Serial.println();
Serial.print("Connected, IP address: ");
Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
}
void loop() {}
Debug Messages
running this script will print WiFi.status() and that results in a lot of 6 (WL_DISCONNECTED) sometimes a 4 (WL_CONNECT_FAILED) and sometimes a 1 (WL_NO_SSID_AVAIL)