Cheapest ethernet controller

Pelos wrote:
> Hi Richard,
> My favourite is dm9000. Thanks to your email - I forgot about micrel company 

Hi, Pelos.

Do you know about any others not listed?

I've dabbled with the Asix; being a NE2000 look-alike made finding 
driver examples easier, though it's got an annoying little defect in the 
Phy that delays the init process.  Even still, I was surprised at the 
amount of effort to get the init right, and amazed that the mfr didn't 
provide reference drivers (at least not at the time), since it was not 
quite 100% NE2000-compatible.

Check out edtp.com for proto boards - cheaper than ordering samples from 
Taiwan.

Cheers,
Richard

Hi.

Check the Microchip ethernet IC "ENC28J60".  It's great!.  And it=20
comes with TCP/IP source code.

Cheers,

Hern=E1n S=E1nchez