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title: "How do I use the ESP8266 both as a server and as a client at the same time?"  
description: "How do I use the ESP8266 both as a server and as a client at the same time?"  
author: "Ronan Jone"  
published: 2018-03-09  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38010/how-do-i-use-the-esp8266-both-as-a-server-and-as-a-client-at-the-same-time  
category: "server"  
tags: ["web servers"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How do I use the ESP8266 both as a server and as a client at the same time?

How do I use the ESP8266 both as a [server](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/710/apache-server-installation-on-windows) and as a [client](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23198/3-steps-to-ensure-that-your-client-portal-is-impeccable) at the same time?

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