the extender provides its own network

[ningyichensha]

Hi,
I try to extend the wifi of my car. (Mitsubishi outlander PHEV)
The router of the car runs on 192.168.8.46 and has a very weak signal,
Therefore I use a TpLink extender at home, which connects to the cars router to 192.168.8.49
In that way I can use the app to start preheating etc.

I like to use your portable wifi repeater in the same way.
So far, it connects to the cars wifi, but generates its own network. 10.105 157.1 as the router ...

Can I change this, so it works like the Tplink repeater?

[wizlab-it]

Hi,
the behaviour you describe seems to be the expected one.
What you want to do is very similar to something I'm using this repeater for.

The extender based on the ESP8266 device creates its own network: during the configuration you can customize the name of the new network, or just use the suggested one (name of the original network with _ext suffix). The IP assigned to the new network is random: the first octect is always 10, but the second and third are random.
Once the ESP8266 is configured and running in repeater mode, it connects to the network to be repeated, then automatically routes all the traffic received on the new _ext network to the original network.
So, you have to connect your smartphone/pc/whatever to the new _ext network, then you should be able to reach the car at 192.168.8.* even though you are on a different network (i.e. 10.105.157.1 as from your previous tests).

Note: usually this repeater is used to extend the range of a WiFi network to provide internet connectivity in places not covered by the original WiFi signal. In this case you are extending a WiFi network that (I suppose) doesn't provide internet connectivity. When you try to connect to the _ext network from your smartphone, you could be warned that the WiFi network you are trying to connect to doesn't have internet connectivity. You should accept and continue to connect to the _ext network.

Let me know if that worked.

[ningyichensha]

Hi,
thanks for your help.
So far I got the esp working, but the app doesnt talk to the car.
As you can see in the setup, everything looks fine.
Could it be the port ?

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13:00:17.247 -> *** ~ Portable Wi-Fi Repeater - by WizLab.it ~ ***
13:00:17.247 -> ************************************************************************
13:00:17.247 -> [~~~~~] Setup:
13:00:17.247 -> [+] OLED activated
13:00:19.507 -> [i] USB power supply
13:00:19.507 -> [+] Read repeater configuration from EEPROM: OK
13:00:19.507 -> [+] Activating repeater mode...
13:00:19.607 -> [+] connecting to network to be repeated: ....... OK! (IP: 192.168.8.49)
13:00:23.831 -> [+] configuring repeater network: OK! (IP: 10.42.239.1)
13:00:23.964 -> [+] activate repeater network: OK! (SSID: REMOTE66bdec_ext)
13:00:24.828 -> OK!
13:00:24.828 -> [+] Repeater mode activated successfully!
13:00:24.828 -> [i] repeated network: REMOTE66bdec
13:00:24.828 -> [i] repeater network: REMOTE66bdec_ext
13:00:24.869 -> [~~~~~] Setup complete.
13:00:24.869 -> [~~~~~] Running:
13:00:24.869 -> [i] Connected stations: 0
13:01:12.576 -> [i] WiFi Access Point: Station connected: 80:4:5f:40:40:c3 (count: 1)
13:01:14.828 -> [i] Connected stations: 1

The TP link repeater works fine and connects with these settings.

Because it runs on 220V I like to use your solution