Adding TCP/IP Ethernet to PIC - how?

[flotulopex]

Here is a test thingy I have running part of the time. http://mackrackit.com/mac/ichip/ichip.html

Hi mackrackit,

Thanks a lot for this example; sure, it'll help a lot for a start

I'd like to ask a few questions here and hope some of you can give a neophyte-style answers. And please, forgive-me if my questions sound stupid, I just have no clue what the answers are!

1.- Assuming I connect a well-configured ConnectOne NANO LANReach module to a network (office or so), is it going to be "pingable" just like if I ping another PC?

2.- What is different between the possible protocols the module supports? Is it only the way the data is organized in the packet?

3.- Is there a difference if the module is directly connected to a PC or the module is connected to a network (i.e. via a switch)?

4.- What makes a module's address unique? The IP address and the port? Or is it the MAC address?

That's enough for now