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I am having a connection issue with the ESP8266-01. All I get is gibberish on 9600 and 115200 baud rate. I get some intelligent feedback with a 74880 baud rate. But cannot get a response back with the "AT" command. I have downloaded some screen shots and my set up. What am I doing wrong. Thanks in advance.

You need a common GND. Connect GND on the cp2102 to GND on the ESP.

Thanks for help Jeffas. It did not work. I tried it with 115200 baud and I get some gibberish the company name and then a response of "invalid" Any help will be greatly appreciated.

"invalid" is a response, so the basic serial comms must be OK.
I see in your earlier screenshots that you have set line ending to "Carriage return".
You should set it to "Both NL & CR".
If it still doesn't work, there's probably something wrong with the AT command that you're sending. Post the text or a screenshot here.