ESP8266 Community Forum

- Mon Apr 06, 2020 11:06 am #86374 Hi,

Is there a way to use ESP8266 just a as standard NIC in Linux? Where can I find the drivers?

Regards
Peter

- Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:23 pm #86379 No, an ESP8266 is not a network adapter, it's a micro controller with a radio and a WiFi stack.

Assumption is the mother of all f*ckups. At least: that's what I'm assuming.

- Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:21 am #86382 Well it is actually a network adapter IMHO. The SDIO interface was designed exactly for this kind of device. And Linux driver.. Peter do you know Google? What about this https://github.com/raashidmuhammed/esp8266 ...

- Tue Apr 07, 2020 2:43 am #86384

[...] IMHO. The SDIO interface was designed [...]

Hmmm well, it's nothing to fight over with.
In my opinion it could better be compared to a (albeit wireless) serial modem with in its default state some kind of Hayes AT command set, whereas a true network adapter is connected to some kind of high speed bus (PCI, USB, ...)

I guess the truth is somewhere in between.

Assumption is the mother of all f*ckups. At least: that's what I'm assuming.