From 397592fce7ce0b9b8d8fa1c6f4d97addf6ab905c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shawn A <spam@rumental.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 12:20:40 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #3793 (#3794)

wifi_softap_set_config always fails, password cannot be 0 unless authmode is open, no documentation found, trial and error.
---
 libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiAP.cpp | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiAP.cpp b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiAP.cpp
index a424eece1..ee88ff43e 100644
--- a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiAP.cpp
+++ b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiAP.cpp
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ bool ESP8266WiFiAPClass::softAPdisconnect(bool wifioff) {
     struct softap_config conf;
     *conf.ssid = 0;
     *conf.password = 0;
+    conf.authmode = AUTH_OPEN;
     ETS_UART_INTR_DISABLE();
     if(WiFi._persistent) {
         ret = wifi_softap_set_config(&conf);