[GH-ISSUE #141] General Client Scan Issue #102

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opened 2026-02-27 23:23:03 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

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2026-02-27 23:23:03 +03:00

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Originally created by @BusesCanFly on GitHub (Mar 25, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/SpacehuhnTech/esp8266_deauther/issues/141

First off, phenomenal work! I'm blown away by this!

Everything seems to work flawlessly, except with the client scan. It seems that the scan is a race against how fast your browser decides to error out of the page because you have no internet connection (As the esp has only one antenna). The maximum scan length I can do before chrome decides to error out the page because of no internet is 5 seconds, which does not detect a large amount of clients. Am I making a noob mistake, or is this just something that'll have to be like this?

Originally created by @BusesCanFly on GitHub (Mar 25, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/SpacehuhnTech/esp8266_deauther/issues/141 First off, phenomenal work! I'm blown away by this! Everything seems to work flawlessly, except with the client scan. It seems that the scan is a race against how fast your browser decides to error out of the page because you have no internet connection (As the esp has only one antenna). The maximum scan length I can do before chrome decides to error out the page because of no internet is 5 seconds, which does not detect a large amount of clients. Am I making a noob mistake, or is this just something that'll have to be like this?

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2026-02-27 23:23:04 +03:00

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@epiller commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2017):

The ESP8266 AP is turned off while scanning for clients - which means that your phone/computer will disconnect from it in about 5 seconds. All you need to do is connect to the ESP8266 AP again and refresh the clients page.

@epiller commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2017): The ESP8266 AP is turned off while scanning for clients - which means that your phone/computer will disconnect from it in about 5 seconds. All you need to do is connect to the ESP8266 AP again and refresh the clients page.

kerem commented

2026-02-27 23:23:04 +03:00

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@BusesCanFly commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2017):

Thank you for the response!
Right, this is the client v monitor mode idea, with only on interface. However, after the automatic reconnect, I do not have any clients picked up, even when connected to 15+ AP's. However, in the 5 second window, I can pick up one client sometimes. I doubt its the effect of the browser directly, as its all on the ESP, but maybe the connection registering is resetting the client scan?

@BusesCanFly commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2017): Thank you for the response! Right, this is the client v monitor mode idea, with only on interface. However, after the automatic reconnect, I do not have any clients picked up, even when connected to 15+ AP's. However, in the 5 second window, I can pick up one client sometimes. I doubt its the effect of the browser directly, as its all on the ESP, but maybe the connection registering is resetting the client scan?

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2026-02-27 23:23:04 +03:00

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@epiller commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2017):

Well, this concludes that I'm not the only one having that issue. I just posted it a few minutes ago here.

@epiller commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2017): Well, this concludes that I'm not the only one having that issue. I just posted it a few minutes ago [here](https://github.com/spacehuhn/esp8266_deauther/issues/143).