Ethernet

Table of Contents

  1. Hardware
  2. Software

Hardware

First of all you have to connect your mbed to a RJ45 jack. These instructions can be found here : Ethernet RJ45.

Software

See: Ethernet Interface library.

Legacy Networking Libraries

Getting started

This is essentially a tri-liner:

First include the header file:

#include "EthernetNetIf.h"

Instantiate the interface: If you are using DHCP:

EthernetNetIf eth;

Or if you want to set your own parameters:

EthernetNetIf eth(
  IpAddr(192,168,0,101), //IP Address
  IpAddr(255,255,255,0), //Network Mask
  IpAddr(192,168,0,1), //Gateway
  IpAddr(192,168,0,1)  //DNS
);

And set it up:

eth.setup();

That's it!

Includes

#include "EthernetNetIf.h"

Reference

Import program
NetServicesSource - EthernetNetIf Class Reference

Public Member Functions

EthernetNetIf ()
Instantiates the Interface and register it against the stack, DHCP will be used.
EthernetNetIf ( IpAddr ip, IpAddr netmask, IpAddr gateway, IpAddr dns)
Instantiates the Interface and register it against the stack, DHCP will not be used.
EthernetErr setup (int timeout_ms=15000)
Brings the interface up.
IpAddr getIp () const
Returns the IP of the interface once it's connected.
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