martin-ger

By default, the esp_wifi_repeater is a NAT router. Similar to a standard home router you will neet port-forwarding to access nodes and ports in the NATed network (behind the AP...

If you go for the second option "to disable NATing ("set nat 0") and configure static routes on all nodes." you should do the following: On the esp (after configuring...

Try to place them in a row. Probably they all "see" the main AP and it is the shortest link.

This is too close - as long as the second ESP still sees the main AP with reasonable signal strength, it will choose it.

Try 10m+. No DHCP will not recognize static IPs. If you want to use static IP, use a high arddess in the /24 network (250-254), these will not be used...

Due to NAT you cannot ping from the outside (e.g. "remote server") to let's say "node1". NAT hides internal adresses and ports. It is the same for local PCs behind...

You can do this using the ACLs, but prohibiting any packet from the phone to the internet won't work as you might expect: all TCP connections (including HTTP and MQTT)...

Never tested that for that purpose, but yes, that could be an option.

Bei aware the esp-wifi-repeater is in fact a NAT Router. The ESP has two IP addresses. The outer address has to be in the network of the home router, in...

Short: no, no. Longer: you can configure the repeaters manually, you can even use the same SSID for AP and STA. I don't know, why it reboots, it is not...