From a27c73b44e26b41332e039a63581f6c6f17efc77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Swoboda <154711427+swoboda1337@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 14:38:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [wifi] Warn when eap is configured with esp32_hosted (#20011)

---
 esphome/components/wifi/__init__.py | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/__init__.py b/esphome/components/wifi/__init__.py
index 1ba8946841..fa552da969 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/__init__.py
@@ -368,6 +368,13 @@ def final_validate(config):
             "The AP will not be usable for configuration or monitoring. "
             "Add 'captive_portal:' or 'web_server:' to your configuration."
         )
+    if "esp32_hosted" in full_config and any(
+        CONF_EAP in net for net in config.get(CONF_NETWORKS, [])
+    ):
+        _LOGGER.warning(
+            "WPA2 Enterprise ('eap:') is not supported by the esp32_hosted coprocessor "
+            "firmware ESPHome provides"
+        )
 
 
 def _consume_wifi_sockets(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType: