Merge pull request esp8266#2649 from WereCatf/WiFiClientExamples

Use WIFI_STA in WiFiClient-examples
djcrabhat · Nov 14, 2016 · 7ccafad · 7ccafad
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diff --git a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/examples/WiFiClient/WiFiClient.ino b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/examples/WiFiClient/WiFiClient.ino
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ void setup() {
   Serial.print("Connecting to ");
   Serial.println(ssid);
 
+  /* Explicitly set the ESP8266 to be a WiFi-client, otherwise, it by default,
+     would try to act as both a client and an access-point and could cause
+     network-issues with your other WiFi-devices on your WiFi-network. */
+  WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
   WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
 
   while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {

diff --git a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/examples/WiFiClientEvents/WiFiClientEvents.ino b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/examples/WiFiClientEvents/WiFiClientEvents.ino
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ void setup() {
 
     WiFi.onEvent(WiFiEvent);
 
+    /* Explicitly set the ESP8266 to be a WiFi-client, otherwise, it by default,
+       would try to act as both a client and an access-point and could cause
+       network-issues with your other WiFi-devices on your WiFi-network. */
+    WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
     WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
 
     Serial.println();