> > As for what Microchip chips to use, I don't think you can run the stack=
 on
> > a PIC16. I've run it on a PIC18F6722, a PIC24HJ256GP610, and on a coupl=
e
> > PIC32 chips.

PIC18, 24, 30 and 32 for V5.xx. PIC18 is dropped for the new V6 stack. Stil=
l in=20
beta though. It has the ability to run several interfaces so you can have b=
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a wired and a wifi interface.

> >
> > My Wi-Fi project is "back burner" right now, so I am not devoting much
> > time to it. But one thought to ease the user interface is to have the
> > Wi-Fi show up as an ad hoc network with an appropriate SSID to make it
> > easy to identify from a tablet or laptop. I'd also run a DNS server on =
the
> > PIC to create the "Starbucks effect" where any domain lookup returns th=
e
> > IP address of this device. So, a user connects to the device over Wi-Fi
> > using an easily recognized name, then opens a web browser. As long as
> > their home page has a domain name lookup (like http://www.google.com) a=
nd
> > not an IP address or a local file (like bookmarks), they'll see the
> > device. This avoids having the user key in IP addresses. Just open the
> > browser, and you're there.
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Harold
> >

I made a board with a PIC32+LAN8720 to get a 10/100 wired ethernet interfac=
e.=20
It is running a web server and has an external 2Mbyte SPI flash chip for th=
e=20
web pages so it is easy to upload new/changed pages with the MPFS2 utility.=
 The=20
board also has a MRF24J40MA radio that wirelessly controls and/or samples d=
ata=20
from various units in my house. So far these units consists of a battery=20
operated temperature reader (for a string of DS18B20 temperature sensors) a=
nd a=20
2 output mains switch that I use for switching on and off lamps in my house=
..=20
These units are controlled from a couple of web pages on the embedded web=20
server.

The unit is connected to my home network so I can access the web pages with=
 my=20
android smart phone (via wifi) and thus control the lamps and check the=20
temperatures with my phone or any other computer connected to my home netwo=
rk.

One thing that is not working very good with the android devices is that it=
 can=20
not resolve the hostname of the board via the built in NetBIOS Name Service=
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Server so I can only access it via its IP address from the phone. I current=
ly=20
do this from a browser bookmark. But with the default settings in my router=
 the=20
IP address can change from time to time. On any windows machine I can just =
type=20
in the hostname in the browser address field instead of the IP address.

Is there any good solution to handle the hostname association with an Andro=
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device?=20

I guess that I could build a front end app that uses the Microchip embedded=
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ehternet device discoverer server (STACK_USE_ANNOUNCE) and get the IP addre=
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from there.

I don't think I can use the DNS server solution in this case.

/Ruben

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AB Liros Electronic
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www.liros.se
Tel +46 40142078
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