Packets only reach server if web browser active on the side.
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 9:20 am
Listening for packets on a port on my MACBOOK and using a NodeMCU as client (coded in native SDK), I can only receive the packets on my mac computer if I have a Firefox or Safari web browser open in the back. When the browsers are closed, somehow there is no traffic to my mac and a TCP connection doesn't even form.
I found this very bizzare and was losing my head over what was going on with my ESP before I found this strange connection. Anybody more knowledgeable in networks can perhaps tell me what's going on ?
I found this very bizzare and was losing my head over what was going on with my ESP before I found this strange connection. Anybody more knowledgeable in networks can perhaps tell me what's going on ?