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17 years ago

Does TSE MAC supports TCP/IP protocol?

Hello, I'm working on Altera first time. can anyone tell if TSE MAC supports TCP/IP protocol. If it supports what is the architecture to connect Ethernet to NIOS II processor core using TSE MAC.
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17 years ago

The TSE Mac Hardware is an Ethernet Interface.

TCP/IP and UDP are higher layer protocols that are carried over Ethernet (usually).

Hence the TSE can support any protocol carried over Ethernet (TCP/IP, UDP etc) as it has no knowledge of what the higher protocols it is carrying are.

The issue is whether the software Network Stack you are using supports TCP/IP.

Hope this helps