Ethernet connectivity using Cyclone III development board

[Altera_Forum]

Hello, 

 I am new in designing Ethernet connectivity and in developing software using NIOS II.   The Ethernet hardware system is successfully built in Quartus II and it is similar to the design example provided by altera web site.  I am now in the software development phase, can any one advise me on some documents to read to start the development phase or even a design example to guide me through this phase.  Thanks in advance.

[Altera_Forum]

just a question: did you create the quartus II project yourself or use an example?

[Altera_Forum]

Other question: 

Do you need to send/recv raw ethernet frames or do you need tcp/ip connectivity? In the first case you can simply rely on the specific Ethernet mac driver, or build your own. In the second case you'd need an OS (RTOS, Linux, ... ) and appropriate stack software module (NicheStack, lwip, ...)

[Altera_Forum]

Hello, 

 Thanks for your reply..  Regarding the first question, yes I built myself the Quartus II project.  For the second question, I want to send raw Ethernet frames that are stored in the DDR2 SDRAM.  Kind Regards

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---  The Ethernet hardware system is successfully built in Quartus II and it is similar to the design example provided by altera web site.  --- Quote End ---    Cant you say what is the web adress of this example?  Thank you

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---  Cant you say what is the web adress of this example?  Thank you  --- Quote End ---     Hello,  Kindly find below the URL of the example:  http://www.altera.com/support/examples/nios2/exm-net-std-de.html  Kind Regards:)