Connecting Wifi to specific MAC Address?

Projects Networking, Protocols, and Devices
1

Hi,

I have 1 router and 2 wifi repeater which using same SSID.

Example:

  1. Router -> SSID = HomeWifi -> MAC = 80:7A:7B:7C:00:01
  2. Repeater01 -> SSID = HomeWifi -> MAC = 80:7A:7B:7C:00:02
  3. Repeater02 -> SSID = HomeWifi -> MAC = 80:7A:7B:7C:00:03
WiFi.begin(ssid, password);

Question:
Instead connecting to SSID, is there a way connect to specific MAC Address? For the example, I want connect to Repeater02 (which has different MAC address but using same SSID).

Please let me know and thanks for the answer.

2

yes, use WiFi.begin version with bssid parameter. it is the MAC address of the AP to which it should connect

3

Juraj:
yes, use WiFi.begin version with bssid parameter. it is the MAC address of the AP to which it should connect

Please show me the example code.

4

wieb:
Please show me the example code.

esp8266, esp32
https://arduino-esp8266.readthedocs.io/en/latest/esp8266wifi/station-class.html#begin

WiFiEspAT
const byte bssid[] = {0x8A, 0x2F, 0xC3, 0xE9, 0x25, 0xC0};
int status = WiFi.begin(ssid, pass, bssid);

WiFiNINA, WiFi, WiF101, WiFiEsp, WiFiSpi, WiFiLink, - begin with bssid not implemented

5

Juraj:
esp8266, esp32
Station Class — ESP8266 Arduino Core 3.1.2-21-ga348833 documentation

WiFiEspAT
const byte bssid[] = {0x8A, 0x2F, 0xC3, 0xE9, 0x25, 0xC0};
int status = WiFi.begin(ssid, pass, bssid);

WiFiNINA, WiFi, WiF101, WiFiEsp, WiFiSpi, WiFiLink, - begin with bssid not implemented

Thanks a lot for the guidance.