Wifi SmartConfig - cannot discover ESP32S3 AP.

[kristsm]

Board

ESP32S3

Device Description

ESP32S3 Module 16MB flash with dual USB-C connectors (native USB and FTDI)

Hardware Configuration

ESP32S3 16MB FLASH

Version

latest master (checkout manually)

IDE Name

Plaformio Espressif 6.6.0

Operating System

MacOS 14.3.1 on M1

Flash frequency

n/a/

PSRAM enabled

yes

Upload speed

115200

Description

From mobile phone I cannot discover ESP32 Access Point, there is no new AP discovered when searching WIFI Networks. I tried to burn in another SoftAP and WIFI_AP_STA examples and they are working as expected ( discoverable from mobile phone WIFI network search). The only problem is with Smartconfig. Maybe I am doing something wrong? Should I push some button to start AP_STA?

Sketch

#include "WiFi.h"

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(115200);

  // Init WiFi as Station, start SmartConfig
  WiFi.mode(WIFI_AP_STA);
  WiFi.beginSmartConfig();

  // Wait for SmartConfig packet from mobile
  Serial.println("Waiting for SmartConfig.");
  while (!WiFi.smartConfigDone())
  {
    delay(500);
    Serial.print(".");
  }

  Serial.println("");
  Serial.println("SmartConfig received.");

  // Wait for WiFi to connect to AP
  Serial.println("Waiting for WiFi");
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED)
  {
    delay(500);
    Serial.print(".");
  }

  Serial.println("WiFi Connected.");

  Serial.print("IP Address: ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
}

void loop()
{
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
}

Debug Message

n/a

Other Steps to Reproduce

No response

I have checked existing issues, online documentation and the Troubleshooting Guide

• I confirm I have checked existing issues, online documentation and Troubleshooting guide.

[kristsm]

BTW, the serial prints dots (........) so it seems the code is working.

[Orel-A]

Also happens on the original esp32, can't discover the created access point.

[kristsm]

I discovered that actually I can connect esp32s3 to wifi with one of the smartconfig codes (with esptouch v2) running on laptop when the code is provided with router ssid/bssid/pswd. But still - the module's ssid is not visible on any of the phone/pc wifi networks. Somehow the smartconfig magically finds the module and connects it to the router :) Is it meant to be so?

[bearkillerPT]

I'm also facing this issue. I need the AP created by the ESP32 to be visible to phones to use the app that configures the wifi.

[kristsm]

Actually it works, just the SSID is not visible. Smartconfig code run on Android can connect and configure esp32 with AP credentials.