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Can you have the Pico operate as an access point? Would love to be able to use this to connect over wifi to a printer (printer in client mode), with the printer
by drop-volley 3mo ago
Can you have the Pico operate as an access point? Would love to be able to use this to connect over wifi to a printer (printer in client mode), with the printer and macos talking directly over IP without needing to configure any other routing/forwarding on macos.
- bdcravens 3mo agoWifi printer, where both your machine and the printer are connected to the same AP? yes If you'd rather just expose a USB printer to the network, a Pi Zero is a better fit.
- drop-volley 3mo agoNo. The printer cannot connect to the wifi network that the macbook is connected to. I don't want to expose a USB printer to the network. I just want to allow the printer to connect to an AP created by the Macbook/PiZero/ESP32/insert_cheap_widget device and then allow the Macbook to connect to the printer's IP.
- bdcravens 3mo agoThat's what I meant by the Macbook and the printer connecting to the same AP. The Pico is the AP, and both your printer and the Macbook connect to it. (You could also use a cheap off the shelf travel router) What the Macbook can't do is have multiple wifi connections at the same time, so you'd have to disconnect from its primary network (which also rules out the Macbook serving as an AP that the printer connects to).
- drop-volley 3mo ago[dead]
- teaearlgraycold 3mo agoThe Pico W can host an AP.
- drop-volley 3mo ago[dead]