sparkfun ESP8266 - Page 23

}
void setupWiFi()
{
WiFi.mode(WIFI_AP);
// Do a little work to get a unique-ish name. Append the
// last two bytes of the MAC (HEX'd) to "Thing-":
uint8_t mac[WL_MAC_ADDR_LENGTH];
WiFi.softAPmacAddress(mac);
String macID = String(mac[WL_MAC_ADDR_LENGTH - 2], HEX) +
String(mac[WL_MAC_ADDR_LENGTH - 1], HEX);
macID.toUpperCase();
String AP_NameString = "ESP8266 Thing " + macID;
char AP_NameChar[AP_NameString.length() + 1];
memset(AP_NameChar, 0, AP_NameString.length() + 1);
for (int i=0; i<AP_NameString.length(); i++)
AP_NameChar[i] = AP_NameString.charAt(i);
WiFi.softAP(AP_NameChar, WiFiAPPSK);
}
void initHardware()
{
Serial.begin(115200);
pinMode(DIGITAL_PIN, INPUT_PULLUP);
pinMode(LED_PIN, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(LED_PIN, LOW);
// Don't need to set ANALOG_PIN as input,
// that's all it can be.
}
After uploading this sketch, find another device that you can connect to a WiFi network –
phone, laptop, etc. Look for a network called “Thing-XXXX”, where XXXX is the last 2 bytes of
the Thing’s MAC address.