{
 "id": "an-associated-wi-fi-sta-parks-the-radio",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "An associated Wi-Fi STA parks the radio on its AP's channel, so an ESP-NOW+Wi-Fi bridge on a mesh must pin its STA to one BSSID and every ESP-NOW peer must hardcode that AP's channel",
 "symptom": "ESP-NOW peers must share a channel, but a mesh STA can associate to any node -- if the bridge roams to a satellite on ch 11 while the sender transmits on ch 1, reception silently stops. There is no per-frame channel the receiver can follow.",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-s3",
  "google-wifi-mesh"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "esp-idf-5.5"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "x86_64",
  "ubuntu-24"
 ],
 "intent": "Build a standalone ESP32 repeater that receives ESP-NOW from sensors and forwards over Wi-Fi, on a multi-node mesh where nodes sit on different channels",
 "date": "2026-08-26",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench2",
 "handle": "sargbench2",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}