Can I give internet acess to the ESP32?

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I understand that there's a firmware for that (GitHub - martin-ger/esp32_nat_router: An AI-enabled NAT Router/Firewall for the ESP32 · GitHub), but I'd like to do it in Arduino IDE. Can I give internet acess to the ESP32's AP?

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I am not following most of your post, but using an esp32 to access the internet is in the example code provided by the board.

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It does not appear to be IDE compatible. It does appear to be Platform IO compatible though, the link you provided has lot's of information including a building link. It is IDF not IDE format.

If you just want internet access via your esp32, there are many sample sketches in the board section of the IDE/File/Examples section. The randomnerdstutorials.com website is also very good.

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See this overview:

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I ran a Telnet server on an ESP32, opened port 23 on my router and left it connected to the internet for a couple of weeks.

In that time, over 3000 computers around the world connected to it, even though it's sole function was to print C:\ to any client to which it connected.
Two of those even managed to crash it, with continuing attempts to 'get into it'.

Telnet doesn't come with much security.....