Instructions
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ESP8266 
AT Instruction Set
23.
AT+CIPAPMAC – Set MAC address of softAP 
MAC addresses of ESP8266 soft-AP and station are different, please do NOT set them to be the 
same. Note that the bit 0 of the first byte of ESP8266 MAC address cannot be 1, for example, MAC 
address can be "1a:fe:36:97:d5:7b", but cannot be "15:fe:36:97:d5:7b".!
24.
AT+CIPAPMAC_CUR – Set MAC address of softAP 
MAC addresses of ESP8266 soft-AP and station are different, please do NOT set them to be the 
same. Note that the bit 0 of the first byte of ESP8266 MAC address cannot be 1, for example, MAC 
address can be "1a:fe:36:97:d5:7b", but cannot be "15:fe:36:97:d5:7b".
AT+ CIPAPMAC – Set MAC address of ESP8266 softAP 
[@deprecated]. Use AT+CIPAPMAC_CUR or AT+CIPAPMAC_DEF instead.
Example
AT+CIPAPMAC="1a:fe:36:97:d5:7b"
Command
AT+CIPAPMAC?
Response
+CIPAPMAC:<mac> 
OK
Parameters
<mac> string, MAC address of ESP8266 softAP
Command
AT+CIPAPMAC=<mac>
Response
OK
Parameters
<mac> string, MAC address of ESP8266 softAP
Notes
Configuration changes will be stored in flash user parameter area.
AT+CIPAPMAC_CUR – Set MAC addr of ESP8266 softAP, won’t save to flash
Example
AT+CIPAPMAC_CUR="1a:fe:36:97:d5:7b"
Command
AT+CIPAPMAC_CUR?
Response
+CIPAPMAC_CUR:<mac> 
OK
Parameters
<mac> string, MAC address of ESP8266 soft-AP 
Command
AT+CIPAPMAC_CUR=<mac>
Response
OK
Parameters
<mac> string, MAC address of ESP8266 soft-AP 
Notes
This configuration will NOT be stored in flash.
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