Hello falks,
I have a problem. I wanna make my ESP8266 as an wifi range extender. I know, that there is a guy who wrote a code for using it as a Repeater:
But it does not fit to my needs. I have googled, and found this threat:
does anyone has a simple code for it ?
So what are your needs?
I want use my own code. it should be simple. The man (martin-ger) has made a firmware which I can not edit. The files are written in non-text-code.
and yet
So that would be someone else's code - not yours?
What makes you think that?
It's going to require a good understanding of IP networking and WiFi ...
in other words: it does not worth it 
That's up to you - whether you consider it worth your while to gain that knowledge & understanding.
Many (most?) projects proposed on here are not "worth it" on a purely financial basis - there's generally a commercial product available cheaper.
But where's the fun in that?
Why do you want a wifi ‘extender’ ?
Generally speaking these are not a great idea, they slow your data throughput, double you RF channel usage and don’t add much, other than an extra power supply.
Because the ESP8266 has a poor signal range. I have testes the signal strength of the ESP07s. It is huge. Afters 100 meters, I still could watch YoutubeVideos.
the other reason why I don't want to use the "ready-to-go" code from "martin-ger" is: there is no free space allowed on the SSID. Like this:
"MySSID" <-- this is allowed
"My new ssid" <-- this is not allowed
So is there really no way to bridge the ESP8266 conenctions ? please
Wait a minute: I can use the ESP07 instead of ESP-12E ... okay falks, I do not need a repeater anymore
The ESP-12E has a very poor signal range
The ESP-07S though, has a very very good range (if you connect the external antenna)
Spaces in an SSID are anyway not allowed, nor are passwords shorter than 8 characters.
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