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ESP8266 
AT Command Examples
4. Transparent Transmission 
Transparent transmission is enabled only when ESP8266 is working as TCP client creating a single 
connection, or in UDP transmission. 
4.1.
TCP client single connection UART - WiFi passthrough 
Here is an example that ESP8266 station as TCP client to create a single connection and execute 
transparent transmission. For ESP8266 soft-AP, it can execute transparent transmission in the similar 
way. For more information about AT commands, please refer to documentation “ 4A-ESP8266__AT 
Instruction Set ”. 
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Set WiFi mode : 
 AT+CWMODE=3 // softAP+station mode 
 Response :OK 
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Connect to router: 
 AT+CWJAP="SSID", "password" // SSID and password of router 
 Response :OK 
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Query device’s IP: 
 AT+CIFSR 
 Response :192.168.101.105 // Device’s IP that got from router. 
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Connect PC to the same router that ESP8266 is connected to. 
 Using a network tool on the computer to create a server. 
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