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| From | Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.arch.embedded |
| Subject | Re: WiFi module |
| Date | 2022-02-22 17:27 +0200 |
| Organization | TGI |
| Message-ID | <sv2vc6$onq$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <sv2j6v$v9u$1@dont-email.me> <sv2kj4$odo$1@newsreader4.netcologne.de> <sv2pji$ett$1@dont-email.me> <sv2rb5$io$2@newsreader4.netcologne.de> <nLf*19tHy@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk> |
On 2/22/2022 17:14, Theo wrote: > Bernd Linsel <bl1-removethis@gmx.com> wrote: >> On 22.02.2022 14:48, Dimiter_Popoff wrote:> >> > Is there a documented way to use some of these (I am looking at the PCIe >> > one) *without* having to use its tcp stack, so one could send/receive >> > IP packets, similar to the way it is done via Ethernet or ppp? >> > >> > Dimiter >> After scanning through the docs, I must admit that it seems the WizNet >> parts don't support lower levels than UDP and TCP. >> But there are other manufacturers... > > It looks like the two mini-PCIe cards are actually a wifi router on a card - > it's not PCIe over the connector but ethernet, UART, etc as they're just > using mPCIe as a convenient connector. They appear to be running OpenWRT > (ie full Linux) so you can presumably set them up to bridge IP packets onto > their wifi/ethernet/etc, perhaps from the UART via PPP. Of course being > full Linux you then have security updates to worry about. > > They don't look like the kind of thing the OP wants, although the ones using > AT commands might be (although I suspect some of those are ESP32 or similar > running a custom firmware). > > Theo Those with router capability have sounded interesting to me for some time now (not enough to seriously dig into it, I am just busy doing other things). But I would anticipate they would be a lot more power hungry than the wifi modules politburo members have access to for their devices (politburo being MS, Google and the like, those who have the data allowing them to do IP packets via wifi).
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Re: WiFi module Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2022-02-22 12:21 +0000
Re: WiFi module Bernd Linsel <bl1-removethis@gmx.com> - 2022-02-22 13:23 +0100
Re: WiFi module Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2022-02-22 15:46 +0200
Re: WiFi module Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2022-02-22 15:48 +0200
Re: WiFi module Bernd Linsel <bl1-removethis@gmx.com> - 2022-02-22 15:18 +0100
Re: WiFi module Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2022-02-22 15:14 +0000
Re: WiFi module Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2022-02-22 17:27 +0200
Re: WiFi module Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2022-02-22 17:23 +0200
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