XBee WiFi S6B TCP and Web Browser

Wireless & IoT
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Hi,

Recently I purchased a XBee Wifi S6B module to be used with Ardunio setup as a web server to display sensor data. During initial test I able to successfully configure the WiFi module so that it connects to the wireless network and I can telnet from a desktop computer to the module using Putty and X-CTU terminal on port 80. But when I try using a web browser (Chrome or FireFox) to connect to the module I can never see the browser’s “GET” response on the X-CTU’s terminal. The module is setup for “transparent” mode with firmware 2021. While I am somewhat of a newbie on this, I would think that if the telnet works on port 80 then I should at least see the “Get” response when the web browser quires the IP address of the module? Am I missing something or perhaps have the module incorrectly configured? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

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Hi All,

I posted the question on the Digi’s form and got a response that this is a known bug and a fix has been implemented in the next revision of the firmware, which is still under QA review before release. They say that the GET and POST messages are both “intercepted” by the internal web server of the module and that nothing is done with the data and eventually a lockup occurs.

Another person also responded and said the following…“I found the same problem with 2021. The GET method was displayed in the X-CTU’s terminal in the previous version 2004 and my response to the GET method was displayed in browser. It stopped working when I updated the firmware to 2021. However, if I send response to GET right after entering the IP address in the browser, the web page is displayed correctly.”