Speaking of IPV6, is there anyone working on that for lwIP? I see a set of code for it, but I last heard that it was alpha level code only.
-Mike On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 2:29 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess you won't get too many really neutral answers on this list, but > I'll reply anyway... Only my opinions of course! > > Altera first used lwIP since they needed an inexpensive (or free) TCPIP > stack for their users (many TCPIP stacks are quite expensive...). They don't > seem to have worked too much on this as they did not even fix the > multithreading bug in ARP present in lwIP 1.2.0 (which they used for NIOS II > 5.x, I think - the last version they suggested lwIP). > > Of course they realized it's cheaper for them to get a partner shipping a > TCPIP stack is cheaper than having their own developers working on lwIP - > and the Interniche license isn't too expensive for their users (I think 250 > EUR per developer license). > > The pros for Interniche are the better integration into the NIOS suite and > the support for IPv6 (although this seems to cost extra) as well as some > extra modules (that although cost extra) and the possiblity of getting a > support contract from Interniche. > > The pros for lwIP are it is free (and free to be modified) and there might > be more additional software available for free (e.g. SNMP server included, > many in the contrib module). > > Of course I have to admit lwIP isn't bug-free, but I'll bet my a** that the > Interniche stack isn't, either... > > > Simon > > PS: We decided for lwIP, which is what me got here :-) But then again, we > don't use the OS environment provided by Altera... > > > > bill wrote: > >> >> Interestingly - because Interniche has come up on this list before - my >> new project utilizes the NIOS II which recommends the Interniche TCP/IP >> stack while essentially denouncing lwIP. Does anyone have Interniche >> experience and lwIP experience to be able share any pros and cons or >> comparisons between Interniche and lwIP? I'm leaning towards lwIP because of >> the lesser learning curve. I don't have much else to go on at this point so >> any feedback would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Bill >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lwip-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lwip-users >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > lwip-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lwip-users > -- Michael Williamson 315-425-4045x230 www.criticallink.com
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