Re: connecting ESP8266 remotely
Posted:
Thu Oct 27, 2016 5:11 amby eduperez
Modern routers that support UPnP protocol (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play) allow clients to request port mappings; however, there is no guarantee that any router you may encounter will have that feature enabled.
Re: connecting ESP8266 remotely
Posted:
Thu Oct 27, 2016 9:53 amby eketjall
Wouldn't using the ESP8266 as a websocket client be a solution for the problem?
Requires a websocket server "somewhere on the internet" of course, but the problem with incoming connection through the router should at least be solved this way.