boylesg:
And finally I can connect to it via 10.0.0.79.
Glad to hear you got it working!
boylesg:
Now I wonder if all this will work with these ESP shields from ebay, because I have had a bitch of a time trying to figure out how to make one of these work....without any success what so ever.
I have one of those also. It's wired just the same as the DOIT shield and the AT firmware it ships with works fine so I didn't even need to hassle with trying to get rid of the stupid DOIT firmware. The downside is they're twice as expensive as the DOIT shields if you don't get ripped off by jaycar.
boylesg:
I just turned the two dip switches to the off positions and it has the same effect as bending the pins out of the way.
Sounds like you're bypassing the level shifter on the ESP8266 rx line. You can probably get away with it but since it's already on the shield I'd advise you to use it. Sending 5v signals into the 3.3V ESP8266 might cause damage. There's some disagreement on whether the ESP8266 IO pins are 5v tolerant or not but I say better safe than sorry.