Unable to connect to the access point

[atz-spe]

Hello,

After setting up a Chicken and a Chicken Man, I am facing a problem that I can't solve.
The access point of the Chicken is well created and visible, the password is correctly retrieved by the Chicken Man, but he can't connect to it.

The problem does not seem to come from the client: by replacing WiFi.begin(ssid.c_str(), password.c_str()); with the bssid and password of my router, it returns SUCCESS \o/.
On the Chicken side, I can't connect to it from my phone, it seems to load for a long time..

Any advice?
fyi, I'm using last commit from main branch.

[atz-spe]

Update : I managed to connect to the access point by flashing on the NodeMCU the firmware provided in the esp8266games repo from Kody.
The provided binary (ChickenManGame.bin) seems to work with the client and allows to connect to it.

I think I can run the game now but there must be a bug somewhere on the sketch side?
I also thought it could be a dependency problem, as some of them have to be installed on our side to compile from Arduino IDE.

What do you think?

[brandonpaiz]

@atz-dev Hello! Are you saying it is working with the binary? I'm busy today but I can start looking into this issue tomorrow!

[atz-spe]

Yes, exactly :
Atm I can only make the access point work with the binary provided in the repository that I put in my previous comment.

Here's the output when using Kody's binary :

When I compile the project myself from Arduino IDE, the access point is unreachable by the Chicken Man :

fyi, here are the versions of the dependencies I manually installed on Arduino IDE :

• SimpleCLI v1.1.1
• Adafruit NeoPixel v1.8.2

[atz-spe]

I would like to specify that it is on the access point side (Chicken) that there is a problem imo.
In the different screenshots above, the Chicken Man has been flashed with Arduino IDE and has no issue !

[brandonpaiz]

Thanks for reporting! I'll look into this soon 👍

[JWhiteUX]

I would like to add that I am having the same issue, however, I flashed both 8266s using Kodys bin file and Windows Power Shell.

1. Chicken & Chicken Man Serial Monitor Output

bash
no luck :(
Connecting [4]...no luck :(
Connecting [5]...no luck :(
ERROR -1
*Hidden Network*                 - WORTHLESS!
*Hidden Network*                 - WORTHLESS!
---------------------------------------------------------------
Updated Score: red = 0, green = 0, blue = 0
Going to sleep for 17s...ZzZzZzZzZzZzZ{$l��|�l�|�l�c|�����|B�c��oN�dno��cBp�ls$rlp�n��d��bN��o$��p��on�$��$`�oNd n{���ob�lr��ob�l���$�����d`��o��cd`{�n$ph��Starting
Reading mode from switch...
EYEYY ITS THIS ONE
1
Mode: Chicken Man
Created new Chicken Man

---------------------------------------------------------------
The chicken man has awoken!
Scanning for Networks...17
--------------------------------------------------------------
*Hidden Network*                 - WORTHLESS!
*Hidden Network*                 - WORTHLESS!
*Hidden Network*                 - WORTHLESS!
Chicken_Easy_06                  - Chicken
-> Connecting to 'Chicken_Easy_06' with password '1234567890'...Connecting [1]...no luck :(
Connecting [2]...no luck :(
Connecting [3]...no luck :(
Connecting [4]...no luck :(
Connecting [5]...no luck :(
ERROR -1

---------------------------------------------------------------
Updated Score: red = 0, green = 0, blue = 0
Going to sleep for 17s...ZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZz
---------------------------------------------------------------
The chicken man has awoken!
Scanning for Networks...13
---------------------------------------------------------------
*Hidden Network*                 - WORTHLESS!
Chicken_Easy_06                  - Chicken
-> Connecting to 'Chicken_Easy_06' with password '1234567890'...Connecting [1]...no luck :(
Connecting [2]...no luck :(
Connecting [3]...no luck :(
Connecting [4]...no luck :(
Connecting [5]...no luck :(
---------------------------------------------------------------
Updated Score: red = 0, green = 0, blue = 0
Going to sleep for 17s...ZzZzZzZzZzZzZzz
---------------------------------------------------------------
The chicken man has awoken!
Scanning for Networks...15
---------------------------------------------------------------
*Hidden Network*                 - WORTHLESS!
Speedy Turtle                    - WORTHLESS!
FireTV655                        - WORTHLESS!
*Hidden Network*                 - WORTHLESS!
Chicken_Easy_06                  - Chicken
-> Connecting to 'Chicken_Easy_06' with password '1234567890'...Connecting [1]...no luck :(
Connecting [2]...

ID set to 6
--------------------------------------------
Flag:          3
Chicken Level: Easy
Chicken ID:    6
Channel:       7
MAC-Address:   18:FE:34:00:00:06
IP-Address:    192.168.4.1
SSID:          Chicken_Easy_06
Password:      1234567890
---------------------------------------------

2. Able to connect to Chicken

[brandonpaiz]

Hey @JWhiteUX
Just wanted to let you know what's going on. We've been pretty busy but we've planned out some time this Wednesday to take a look at the issue. 👍

[Klapppskalli]

I have the same Issue, i can not change the Game

[brandonpaiz]

I'm actually having trouble replicating the problem described. What specific hardware are you all using?

[menaeffat]

I am facing the exact same problem
This is the board I am using

and these are the settings in Arduino IDE

and this is the console after uploading

and this is what I get from the chicken man

[menaeffat]

Ok, I solved the problem by downgrading the installed esp8266 from 3.0.2 to 2.7.4

[Floo33R]

Hello,
I'm facing the same problem. My chicken man isn't connecting with the chicken. Is there any solution for this issue?

I tried to connect to the chicken WIFI with my laptop, this works fine. But when I want to open the Webpage in the Browser, it's not possible.

[firewallzer0]

So I was having this issue as well using the WeMos D1 Mini Clone, I connected to the access point and was not getting a DHCP response from the access point. As seen through wireshark, found this thread rolled the board library back to 2.7.4 as suggested by menaeffat and it now works and I am getting DHCP responses now. No more issues with chickenman or my wifi clients.

I am guessing there was an update that drops DHCP server from being enabled by default in the AP mode for the esp8266 boards. I am not much of a programmer, but I will see if I can find the settings in the library and report back/send a pull request if I can figure it out.