> I do think it'd be nice to have an Ethernet Discoverer application for > both Android and iOS. Like the Windows version, it would open a web > browser with the IP address clicked on the list of found devices. We'll > probably do that eventually where I work. >=20 > If the device you're talking to is the only one on the network (an ad hoc > network created by the device), I think the DNS server would work. Any > domain name would return the IP address of the device. But, on a general > network this would not work. >=20 > Harold >=20 >=20 It is never the only one since it needs a wireless access (wifi=20 router) point to talk to the phone. And normally this access point is part = of a=20 home network, connected to internet and a bunch of other=20 wired and wireless computers and devices. The adhoc method with a wifi module wouldn't work good in this case=20 either since the phone is almost always connected to the wireless=20 network that has internet access (a home network). Which would mean=20 that I first have to change the wifi connection on the phone, connect to my= =20 device (adhoc), change settings so it connects to the existing=20 wifi router instead of using adhoc, restart it, change back the wifi=20 setting on the phone and I still can't connect to it with my phone=20 without knowing the IP address. Besides, the android (older ones anyway) can't use adhoc (in theory=20 they can but needs to be rooted first). So, the only option for my needs as I see it now is an Android=20 version of Microchips device discoverer software. And that would have to be= =20 placed in Google Play (app market) in order for the user to=20 find it. I did a quick search on Google Play (market) and did find an app that was=20 designed just as the microchip device discoverer but on my phone=20 it just crashes instantly. The app is called Device Discoverer and is free. An earlier version of my device does actually use the wifi module but I dec= ided=20 to drop that since there could be even more problems trying to install that= in=20 an existing network with a random router using any type of security. Handli= ng=20 support calls would have been a nightmare.=20 With a wired interface it is just to plug it in and the device is=20 instantly part of the LAN. I also thought that the WiFi module was a bit flaky and it=20 disconnected (and reconnected) pretty often. I havn't tried the new=20 MRF24WG module though. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Ruben J=F6nsson AB Liros Electronic Box 9124 200 39 Malm=F6 Sweden www.liros.se Tel +46 40142078 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .