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I used the WiFi antenna of a laptop to wirelessly install ESPHome on an ESP32 (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Real question, not snark...why did you do this?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I don't have a WiFi antenna, except the ones in my computers. Buying a WiFi antenna online would've taken 2-3 weeks, and I wanted to quickly test how it worked.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Was there no jumper on board to switch the external antenna to the built in one? Many boards just have a 0 ohm resistor that you can add or remove to change the antenna.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

This model doesn't have an onboard antenna afaik

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Neat! My only criticism is that I find this a lot more than mildly interesting lol