spacehuhn/esp8266_beaconSpam

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1366 stars · 234 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

An Arduino sketch for the ESP8266 that broadcasts fake WiFi beacon frames, making scanners show up to a thousand access points with custom SSIDs. It is a simple, hackable educational project derived from the ESP8266 Deauther.

Use cases

• create hundreds of fake wifi networks with custom names
• esp8266 wifi beacon spam tool
• learn wifi packet injection with arduino
• prank wifi ssid spoofer
• demonstrate wifi scanner beacon frame attacks

When to choose

• you want a simple, beginner-friendly ESP8266 sketch for beacon frame injection
• you want to learn Arduino, electronics, and WiFi security basics
• you need a lightweight alternative to the full ESP8266 Deauther

When to avoid

• you need a full WiFi security testing suite with deauth, scanning, and a web interface
• you need an ESP32 target (use the esp32_beaconSpam fork instead)
• you need actual functional access points rather than fake advertised networks

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

security networking embedded security hardware embedded iot cpp esp8266 wifi beacon-spam arduino packet-injection penetration-testing wireless-security

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