When I needed to extend the range of some ESP8266-based sensors ... I set one cantenna-connected mini D1 Pro to both act as an access point and connect to my router. wifi.setphymode(wifi.PHYMODE ...
A few weeks ago we caught wind of a very cool new chip. It’s called the ESP8266, and it’s a WiFi module that allows you to connect just about any project to an 802.11 b/g/n network.