Hi all, I would like to add an ethernet interface to my PIC project for connecting multiple units on one network and for future monitoring via the internet. I was thinking of building an external interface box containing an Ethernet chipset and a PIC to do the communication between the Ethernet chip and my PIC project. How difficult is this to build, and what are exactly the tasks performed by this Ethernet chip (TCP/IP handling?). Of course I need to assign and store an IP number too. I am looking for pointers about Ethernet hardware and protocol issues (IP). Thanks a lot! Daniel... -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads