[ESP8266] Alternative to serial monitor: Wifi Manager + ArduinoOTA + Telnet

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If the IDE is having difficulty finding the virtual port (IP) of your OTA device:

  • Check your internal network, restart the routers and repeaters

  • Try closing the IDE, restarting the OTA device, and opening the IDE only after the OTA device is online.

You may be able to ping the IP address of the OTA device. Using static IP may make testing easier.

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