8.1 Overview

This chapter provides an overview of the WINC Access Point (AP) mode and describes how to setup this mode and configure its parameters.

In ATWINC1500 v19.6.1 firmware and above, the DHCP default gateway, DNS server and subnet mask can be customized when entering AP and provisioning modes. Earlier, the default gateway and DNS server is the same as the host IP of the WINC and the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. Configuring these values allow the use of 0.0.0.0 for the default gateway and DNS server, allowing mobile devices to connect to the WINC AP without disconnecting from the mobile network. Using IPs other than 0.0.0.0 is possible but it is of no use since only one device can connect to the WINC AP at any time.