At 09:28 AM 11/30/1999 -0800, you wrote: >How can I connect to an ethernet with as little hardware as possible? Can I >just take a Ethernet Driver with an RJ-45 connector and then attach it to a >PIC and run a TCP/IP stack on the chip? I suspect there is more involved. You might try looking at the CS8900 from Crystal Semiconductor - I've seen micros (a PIC17C-somethingorother) connected to ethernet and performing simple UDP data transfers with these before, though I've never done it myself. ND Holmes -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathan D. Holmes maverick@drgw.net, ndholmes@iastate.edu 122 Shepard #3 Box 328 Gilbert, IA 50105 Iowa State University - EE http://www.drgw.net/~maverick PH: 515-663-9368 -------------------------------------------------------------------------