Faster communication between two ESP8266 in client-server setup

Question

I am trying to communicate between two ESP8266 12 E modules, one is set up in access point mode and the other as a station. My aim is to establish communication between the two.

1. How can I make the data transfer faster?
2. Is this what is called TCP/IP connection?

The code for the access point:

#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <ESP8266WebServer.h>
#include <WiFiClient.h>
WiFiServer server(80);

void setup() {
  WiFi.mode(WIFI_AP);
  WiFi.softAP("esp", "lol123");
  server.begin();
  Serial.begin(9600);
  IPAddress IP = WiFi.softAPIP();
  //Serial.flush();
  Serial.println();
  Serial.print("Server IP is: ");
  Serial.println(IP);

}

void loop() {
  char ID, R, G, B, anim_ID;
  WiFiClient client = server.available();



  int data_outgoing[5] = {10, 128, 128, 123, 123};
  int mapFun[5];
  Serial.print("Sent data: ");
  Serial.print(ESP.getChipId());
  Serial.println();
  for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++){
    mapFun[i] =data_outgoing[i];
    //mapFun[i] = map(mapFun[i], 0, 255, 0, 128); 
    client.print(mapFun[i]);
    Serial.print(mapFun[i]);

  }

delay(10);
}

and for the receiving end, the station.

const char* ssid = "esp";
const char* password = "lol123";
const char* host = "192.168.4.1";
WiFiServer server(80);

void setup(){
  int count = 0;
  Serial.begin(9600);
  delay(10);
  //Serial.println();
  //Serial.println();
  //Serial.print("Connecting to: ");
  //Serial.print(ssid);
  //Serial.println();
  WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);

  //Serial.println("Connecting");

  while(WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED){
    delay(1000);
    Serial.print(".");
    count++;
  }

  Serial.println("");
  Serial.println("WiFi connected");
  Serial.print("Time for connection(s): ");
  Serial.print(count);
  Serial.println();
  Serial.println("IP address: ");
  Serial.print(WiFi.localIP());
  Serial.println();
}

void loop(){
 WiFiClient client;

 if((client.connect(host, 80))){
//  Serial.println("Connected");
//  Serial.print(host);
//  Serial.println();

}

String data;
data = client.readStringUntil('\n');
  //Serial.println(data);

 for(int i = 0; i< 100; i++){
    Serial.write(data[i]);
    Serial.print(data[i]);
 }
}

The problem with this set up is the data is transferred at a good speed, but while receiving the data is very slow. It takes quite a while to receive the data at the station side, what can be done to make this process faster, are there any other protocols to use to make this faster? The output is like this..

WiFi connected
Time for connection(s): 3
IP address: 
192.168.4.2
10128128123123

The long length of data is the string I received, how do i convert it into integers? I tried ATOI but failed.

I'm kinda new to networking, any suggestion much appreciated.

Answer 1

Try following.

Server loop

void loop() {
  // listen for incoming clients
  WiFiClient client = server.available();
  if (client) {
    Serial.println("new client");
    if (client.connected()) {
      if (client.available()) {

        int data_outgoing[5] = {10, 128, 128, 123, 123};
    for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++){
    client.print(data_outgoing[i]);

    //Edit
    client.print('\n');

  }

     }
    }

    // close the connection:
    client.stop();
    Serial.println("client disonnected");
  }
}

Client loop

void loop(){
 WiFiClient client;


WiFiClient client = client.connect(host, 80);

while (client.connected()) {             
        char c = client.read();     
       Serial.print(c);
}

}