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Re:ESP 8266 Wi-Fi Repeater with Mesh Networking by carbocation on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @11:45AM (#16009349)
One issue with the ESP32 (which otherwise seems superior to the ESP8266 in many ways [BT, 2 cores, more RAM]) is that it doesn't yet reconnect to WiFi if it gets disconnected.

See this ongoing issue on github: https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/issues/653

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Re:ESP 8266 Wi-Fi Repeater with Mesh Networking by sergers on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @03:38PM (#16010866)
They are both cheap, but the esp8266 based boards are considerably cheaper.

Unless you need Bluetooth, most people are going with the cheaper board

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Re:ESP 8266 Wi-Fi Repeater with Mesh Networking by ktta on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @04:43PM (#16011228)
ESP32 also has 2 cores, which might affect how you design your application.
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Re:ESP 8266 Wi-Fi Repeater with Mesh Networking by carbocation on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @06:02PM (#16011612)
As well as quite a bit more RAM, which was the key for me. The difference between ESP32 and ESP8266 in price for a few units is modest on AliExpress ($7 vs $2.50), relative to the price of the other components I'm putting together.
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