Raspberry Pi Pico W as Wifi Access Point

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Pico W as Wifi Access Point

This script spins up the Pico W as a Wifi Access Point. It assigns itself the IP 192.168.4.1 and assigns new Clients some IP starting at 192.168.4.16 or so.

import network
from machine import Pin

led = Pin("LED", Pin.OUT)

ap = network.WLAN(network.AP_IF)
ap.active(0)
ap.config(essid="pico", password="picopicopico", channel=1)
ap.active(1)

print("Connection successful")
print(ap.ifconfig())

if ap.active():
    led.on()