Freescale Semiconductor TWR-MCF52259-Ethenet - Manual (Page 3)

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Ethernet Overview Session
What is Ethernet?
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It’s a cable I connect to my computer to surf the net
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It’s how I do emails
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My home router uses it to let all my computers talk
Why do we care about Ethernet?
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Work is telling me I need it for my embedded product
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It will let me remotely access my embedded product
• Seems to be a cool way to have fast downloads
How will I use Ethernet?
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Just in factory application (i.e. local only)
• Connected to WLAN (i.e. publicly accessible)
• Through VPN only (i.e. secure tunnel)