Thanx for suggestions everyone.
I can grab the ENC28J60 locally, but i'm also interested in the "Connect One" modules too....awaiting order to be processed....
As much as i've read thru tcp/ip stack docs, and several webpages etc, it's still not clear (to me anyway, and i've sat thru Cisco CCNA 1+2) about HOW i get these ethernet modules to work.
Can somebody give me some BASIC pointers or links to
'HOW TO' sites....
A simple checklist of things that need to be done would be VERY handy.
Even the data sheets from various vendors state things like
"by implementing the use of....."
"by simply adding...."
"with the simple addition of......"
but these statements dont ANSWER anything.....
they tell me
WHAT needs to be done, but now
HOW it's done......
So far, all i seem to find in many forums and sites are comments like
"i used this, i used that, i added this, and implementd that" which is really NO HELP to me at all when i actually wanted to know
HOW they achieved a working unit.
For starters:
Is the ethernet device pre-programmed ready to use?
what do i do with the microchip tcp/ip stack?
Does it program into the ethernet device? into my code? called from my code using the include statement or something else?
It seems many ethernet modules claim
"a simple way to connect any mcu onto the internet" and yet i'm finding it to be the most complex task to achive, what am i missing?
For the people out there who have bought these modules, and already tinkered with them for testing,
PLEASE share HOW & WHAT you did to get things up'n'running......
I hope someday i'll look back on this and laugh, I know a challenge is good, but frustratiion isn't welcome....
Sorry if i'm ranting & raving, but sheesh, it shouldn't be this hard????
Thanx in advance,
Marty.
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