I have seen a video in which it shows that we can use our existing esp8266 or esp32 nodes as mesh network routers in repeater mode,
I want to ask esphome developers if it is possible to integrate this function with our existing esphome nodes ?
That will be very useful as we are using lots of nodes in our home and many routers are also being used saperately yet there are many area where there is low signal .
My first reflex is: mesh the WiFi network, so all ESPs can run on top of a good network. That also prevents the need for an extra mesh router device in the network.
The esp’s only support nat routing/repeating afaik so their is (almost?) no practical use case for this as nodes/devices are not individual addressable after a “esp repeater”.
Actually a proper WiFi access point/repeater which is designed for networking only costs around 2-3 esp’s (is this a currency now?). Literally their is no reason to not rely on a proper network equipment.
I have esphome wall switches and rgbw bulbs programmed with esphome also. It would be cool to allow control of other esphome devices without home assistant as the middle man.