Taifun's Wifi extension and ESP8266

[Alexey Brylevskiy]

I have a problem connecting to my ESP8266 module. I can't connect to it using Taifun's Wifi example app. The connection always reverts back to the last used SSID. But I can connect to ESP8266 every time using the phone's own wifi menu.

I know Taifun's extension does not support open networks. I tried configuring my ESP8266 (running "ESP-Link" firmware) with various security protocols - WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK etc, but still it is impossible to connect using Taifun's Wifi example app. What can I do, how can I even provide a log of some sort?

PS. I could connect to other wifi APs using Taifun's app, so it works in principle.

[Alexey Brylevskiy]

Update: If I connect to ESP8266's AP from the phone's wifi menu first, then Taifun's app is able to re-connect to it. However, having to select the AP from the phone's own menu defies the app's purpose, obviously...

[Taifun]

that's correct, the wifi extension can only connect to networks, which are password protected

see also the documentation https://puravidaapps.com/wifi.php

Connect to a SSID (Service Set Identifier).
If you provide a non existing SSID or wrong password, this just will be ignored and the device will try to connect to a known SSID instead.

Taifun

[Alexey Brylevskiy]

In case it isn't clear, when configuring ESP8266 with various security protocols, i did use a password and it did create a password-protected network.

[Taifun]

I think, WEP is not supported, I would try WPA2-PSK

the Connect method uses this snippet http://stackoverflow.com/a/20504821/1545993

sorry, I don't know why it does not work for that module

Taifun

[Alexey Brylevskiy]

OK, after a day of testing, I think I finally found out what's going on! 

After I renamed the ESP8266's SSID, it all suddenly started working. The old SSID name was 14 characters long, the new one is 11. I also tried creating a tethering hotspot on another phone with the same 14-char-long name, and your app connected to it no problem. So I'm not really sure where the issue is. Maybe in the ESP8266 firmware.

Thank you so much Taifun!!!