esphome / esphome/feature-requests
Update wifi ssid / pw over MQTT
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Description
**Describe the problem you have/What new integration you would like**
Update wifi ssid / pw over MQTT, similar to what ap / captive_portal does, but then remotely via an MQTT publish command.
**Please describe your use case for this integration and alternatives you've tried:**
I have a good number of ESPHome devices deployed to different remote sites that communicate over MQTT via WAN to a centrally hosted MQTT broker. Remote sites (mostly student dorms) have a high wifi-density (many different accesspoint / ssid's) and the ability to remotely update ssid/pw would save on unnecessary site visits to fix connection issues.
**Additional context**
Related to https://github.com/esphome/feature-requests/issues/987
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Research direction
Review the existing ap/captive_portal Wi-Fi credential flow and the related feature request #987 first. Define the MQTT publish command and its credential-update behavior, then verify that remote sites can update SSID and password without a local visit.
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Assessment
- Domain
- embedded-iot
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100