Daniele Verducci 🧉Reassembled the #homeassistant #glow with the modded #esp32 and connected the #directional #wifi #antenna ("la #fontenna ").
Still no box, that will come when I stop experimenting...
Let's see it if made any difference (just hope I didn't make it worse...)
Aaaaand it went #offline during the nignt 😅
I imagine -92dBm is not a really good figure 🫠
The electric box is at the end of a far corridor, in a part of the house where noone hangs around, so I'd prefer not to place a #WIFI repeater there.
Tonight I'll try to solder an external #antenna to the #esp32 like explained in the #homeassistant forum: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/how-to-add-an-external-antenna-to-an-esp-board/131601
I'll use the #fontenna (it's the #fon #fonera external antenna I savaged when I... ehm nuked the fonera flashing a firmware in the wrong partition 🫣 ). Will see if it improves the situation...
I imagine -92dBm is not a really good figure 🫠
The electric box is at the end of a far corridor, in a part of the house where noone hangs around, so I'd prefer not to place a #WIFI repeater there.
Tonight I'll try to solder an external #antenna to the #esp32 like explained in the #homeassistant forum: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/how-to-add-an-external-antenna-to-an-esp-board/131601
I'll use the #fontenna (it's the #fon #fonera external antenna I savaged when I... ehm nuked the fonera flashing a firmware in the wrong partition 🫣 ). Will see if it improves the situation...
How to add an external antenna to an ESP board
If you’ve purchased an ESP board without a connector for an external antenna and find you are pushing the limits of reception - all is not lost. Also this is slightly easier than moving the 0603 sized resistor required to use the external antenna socket on some boards. These parts can be found for a couple of dollars on ebay or Aliexpress: Then do this: Good to go: