Esp8266_deauther: 'pwned' SSID doesn't show up (MAC Problem?)

[Simoz11]

Hi I'm using a nodemcu (This one)

And after flashing the program on to it, a red light turns on and a blue light flashes once.
I have tried with the windows flashing software and the Arduino software with no luck.
can anyone help me out (I'm new to this)
Thanks Simon

(Update) I tried older software (1.0 1.1 1.4 1.5) and now only the blue light flashes still no network comes up

[ProkhorovTweets]

Same thing here, using this particular board(https://ru.aliexpress.com/item/1-esp8266-nodemcu-V3-Lua-WI-FI-32-USB-Flash/32837914547.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.xSh732), I've tried to upload multiple ways and multiple types of firmwares, through Arduino IDE and esp-tool . I've tried NodeMCU, generic 8266 and even DSTRIKE version. But right after the upload, which looks like always successful - there is no life at all, no blinks, no network, no experiments

[gaMingLT]

Hello,
i might be havig the same isseu here. After you flash it with the bin fil. Do you still need to upload the source code with arduino to your node mcu? I am also using the same node mcu

[doxmg]

I believe I am having the same problem I cannot get the pwned network to show up and I did just about the same as you

[tobozo]

@doxmg do you have another NodeMCU you can compare with?

If you can flash & run the esp8266_deauther 1.6 and not the 2.x then it's probably the NodeMCU module isn't of good quality enough to run this kind of edge code.

[doxmg]

@tobozo I do not have another esp8266 however my friend bought the same one and said something about how his works great on 1.1, so should I try 1.6 or 1.1 or even something else similar?

[tobozo]

yep, it's worth trying the earlier versions

[doxmg]

@tobozo ok thank you I’ll reply with an update soon

[doxmg]

So update: I switched over to 1.1 and I tried the 230400, 9600, and 115200 baudrates along with 80MHz and DIO and I tried each with 4 and 1 MBytes on the nodemcuflasher program, and it still won’t show pwned or any other network even though it says it’s done flashing! I don’t know what is going on at all. Does anybody know what to do in this situation?

[doxmg]

@tobozo i tried just about everything and I believe now that I bought a dud module and I am going to try buying a new one

[Virtix21]

I'm also having this problem, sorta. the earlier versions worked fine, I CAN'T see the WiFi signal on my Phone (Google Pixel 2) but I CAN see it on my desktop with my Alpha WiFi adapter, my laptop also doesn't see it. Otherwise, it's fully functional using the Alpha.

At first I thought it could be due to my device being set to channel 13 max, but it was actually on channel 1, lowering to 11 doesn't fix it.

Also, Beacon's sent out by it show up on my phone, but not the AP.

After running 5 beacons for a minute then stopping it, when I click settings "Error loading Settings.json"

I will also add that one of my friends with the same unit is having the same problem.

[ExploiTR]

Try by holding the flash button and flashing then

[ksibln]

No WLAN here, too...

I have a "LoLin" "new NodeMcu V3" unit.
After flashing 2.0.5, no WLAN is available.

When I re-flash to 1.60, everything works fine again.

I tried this several times.

[NIEIXIUIS]

I kinda fixed this issue by first ereasing all the data on the board, then running a wifi connect script and make it connect to my wifi. Then i connected to the hotspot it made called esp8266. Then i uploaded the v1.6 script via arduiono. (i also changed the ssid and password in the script before uploading. It worked fine for a day then it suddenly said no internet access when i connected from my phone and wouldn't connect. I did the same thing as i wrote and now it works again. Somone know why this is. Why doesn't that get fixed when repluggin it or reset it?

[spacehuhn]

Does anyone's issues here persist?
I can't make out any cause without further information and probably investigation on your side, since there are different questions/problems from different users in this issue.