What is that rogue open access point doing in my list of available wifi?
It isn’t often I bother to look for access points at home. Just set it and forget it. But when you try to add that shining new toy or yet another automation device, you suddenly discover it.
Here it is. The dreaded open access WiFi fairy. A little reading will show this is simply a hot spot provided from a WeMos D1 ESP8266 or similar device. It seems that some of these ship with it on by default while others do not, so it may come as a surprise when you encounter this on your network.
This access point is useful for configuration portals such as the one on the Tasmota. But for our purposes, its just a pain in the yin yang and really means your ESP code needs some work.
To make the fairy go away, add “WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);” or “WiFi.softAPdisconnect (true);” before your actual WiFi connect routine. At least this way your neighbours won’t think silly things of you for advertising a Fary network 😉