Let's Control It

I have an ESP-32-ETH01 controlling a Raspberry Pi that communicates over wifi.
The ESP doesn't need to be remotely connected, and its wifi interferes with the Pi's own wifi.

As a test, I used an ethernet loopback connector to fool the esp into disabling its wifi.

So far it seems to be working OK, but does anybody know a reason not to do this?

I don't really understand what you're trying to achieve here.

TD-er wrote: ↑28 Dec 2022, 22:43 I don't really understand what you're trying to achieve here.

I want the controller to work without an ethernet connection - without reverting automatically to wifi. This device doesn't need a network connection to function, it just does local control.

Which controller do you mean? Which C0xx?

Sorry to be so unclear, hopefully the pic helps. Since this PiCorePlayer works over wifi, the esp-32's own wifi interfered with it.
All I am doing is disabling the esp's wifi using a loopback plug to make it believe that it has an ethernet connection.

seersucker wrote: ↑28 Dec 2022, 18:55 As a test, I used an ethernet loopback connector to fool the esp into disabling its wifi.

So far it seems to be working OK, but does anybody know a reason not to do this?

As the Eth loop-back plug shouldn't be hurting anything, and it works as intended for you, I'd just use it like that