ESP8266 Community Forum

Posted: **Mon Apr 06, 2020 11:06 am**

Hi,

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

Regards
Peter

Posted: **Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:23 pm**

No, an ESP8266 is not a network adapter, it's a micro controller with a radio and a WiFi stack.

Posted: **Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:21 am**

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 ...

Posted: **Tue Apr 07, 2020 2:43 am**

Pablo2048 wrote:[...] 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.

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