user44: What hardware and software solutions work and what are the tradeoffs for connecting an Arduino Due to the internet?  I gather the ethernet hardware is much cheaper than WiFi hardware (€29 versus €69).  In either case (wired or wireless), what software stacks and drivers work under AtmelStudio?

user379: Well, your best bet is to import the arduino libraries in your Atmel Studio project. Then you'll be able to use existing code to connect to the "traditional" Ethernet Shield using SPI.
Though, the Sam 3X features an hardware ethernet that is not wired, unlike the MBed LPC1768… Sadly that's the ethernet PHY component you saw, but won't be able to actually use…

44: <p>What hardware and software solutions work and what are the tradeoffs for connecting an Arduino Due to the internet?  I gather the <a href="http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardEthernet">ethernet hardware</a> is much cheaper than <a href="http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoWiFiShield">WiFi hardware</a> (€29 versus €69).  In either case (wired or wireless), what software stacks and drivers work under AtmelStudio?</p>
 379: <p>Well, your best bet is to import the arduino libraries in your <a href="http://www.engblaze.com/tutorial-using-atmel-studio-6-with-arduino-projects/" rel="nofollow">Atmel Studio project</a>. Then you'll be able to use existing code to connect to the "traditional" Ethernet Shield using SPI.</p>

<p>Though, the Sam 3X features an hardware ethernet <a href="http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=197083.0" rel="nofollow">that is not wired</a>, unlike the <a href="http://mbed.org/platforms/mbed-LPC1768/" rel="nofollow">MBed LPC1768</a>… Sadly that's the <a href="http://asf.atmel.com/docs/3.11.0/sam3x/html/group__dm9161a__ethernet__phy__group.html" rel="nofollow">ethernet PHY component</a> you saw, but won't be able to actually use…</p>
