Engineering and technology notes

WiFi.softAP(ssid, password) does not seem to work.. · Issue #1141 · esp8266/Arduino · GitHub

Jovan Stosic September 14, 2017

It is pretty obvious but I think it is worth to be mentioned. When the password is too short (less than 8 characters) the WiFi.softAP(ssid, password) function doesn’t work. Of course there is no warning during compilation.

Source: WiFi.softAP(ssid, password) does not seem to work.. · Issue #1141 · esp8266/Arduino · GitHub

Multicast DNS

Jovan Stosic September 13, 2017

In computer networking, the multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) resolves host names to IP addresses within small networks that do not include a local name server. It is a zero-configuration service, using essentially the same programming interfaces, packet formats and operating semantics as the unicast Domain Name System (DNS). Although Stuart Cheshire designed mDNS to be stand-alone capable, it can work in concert with unicast DNS servers.[1]The mDNS protocol is published as RFC 6762, uses IP multicast Us

Source: Multicast DNS – Wikipedia

Lawrence Roberts (scientist)

Jovan Stosic September 8, 2017

Lawrence G. Roberts (born December 21, 1937 in Connecticut[4]) is an American scientist who received the Draper Prize in 2001[4] and the Principe de Asturias Award in 2002 “for the development of the Internet”[5] Lawrence Gilman Roberts Born December 21, 1937 (age 79) Connecticut, United States Alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology Known for Founding father of the Internet Awards IEEE Computer Pioneer Award IEEE Computer Society W. Wallace McDowell Award Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGCOMM Communications Award Harry Goode Memorial Award International Engineering Consortium Fellow award, 2001 Charles Stark Draper Prize of the National Academy of Engineers Principe de Asturias Award, 2002 Secretary of Defense Meritorious Service Medal Interface Conference Award L.M. Ericsson prize for research in data communications, 1982 Website packet.cc Scientific career Institutions Lincoln Lab, ARPA, Telenet Influences J. C. R. Licklider, Ivan Sutherland Notes As a program manager and office director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency, Roberts and his team created the ARPANET using packet switching techniques invented by British computer scientist Donald Davies. The ARPANET was a predecessor to the modern Internet.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Roberts_(scientist)