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8 years ago

TCP Ethernet packet in FPGA?

Hi, I have a Cyclone IV GX transceiver kit. I want to observe TCP packets in signal tap in FPGA (and hopefully it'll be same as the one I observe in Wireshark) How do I do that? This is wh...
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8 years ago

corestat,

Thank you so much. I just found opened the Board Update Protocol. This is exactly what I was looking for -- some sort of reference design. This is a good place to start. Let me see how far I can get. I'm curious. I'm not a TCP expert but I know TCP packets can arrive in any order. Who takes care of ordering them? Does it happen at the modem (coaxial cable in, and ethernet out) level. Basically I'll get ordered packets into FPGA correct?

Thanks :)