ESP8266WiFiClass::begin Starts in STA + AP mode?

[Links2004]

is there a reason for starting in WIFI_AP_STA mode?
in the default config the AP is "open" (no WPA2, no password), this can be a big risk of the security for the application or the network.

int ESP8266WiFiClass::begin(const char* ssid, const char *passphrase)
{
    if (wifi_get_opmode() == WIFI_AP)
    {
        // turn on AP+STA mode
        mode(WIFI_AP_STA);
    }

i preferred to only open the AP if the user really need it.

 mode(WIFI_STA);

[igrr]

We're only going from AP to AP_STA, we don't enable AP if it wasn't enabled previously.

Imagine the following code:

WiFi.softAP("esp", "password");
WiFi.begin("other_network", "whatever");

If we would just do mode(WIFI_STA) in begin this code would break.

[Links2004]

i never call softAP in my code only begin and i get an AP?

[igrr]

Yes, because the SDK libs store the WiFi configuration.
But I understand your point, I will add a flag to check whether softAP was called.

For now, please use WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA); as a workaround.

[Links2004]

ok thanks.

[Links2004]

fixed Links2004@3c7f046