Hi Gunar, David,

I think implementing against the sock API make most sense:

http://riot-os.org/api/group__net__sock.html

Have a look at this PR which intends to port the ESP as an AT-based
network device:

https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/5898

Best
Peter


https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/5898

Am 26.03.2018 um 03:18 schrieb David Lyon:
> Hi Gunar,
> 
> Do you have any links to your work ?
> 
> Since I do also work on the ESP8266 I can only say that being able to
> send and receive UDP packets might be a place to start?
> 
> I'm not a RIOT expert - so that's where I stand.
> 
> If RIOT supports Sockets or MQTT that might also be worth looking into.
> 
> Regards
> 
> David
> 
> On 2018-03-25 05:33, Gunar Schorcht wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> most parts of my RIOT-OS port to the ESP8266 has been implemented. GPIO,
>> SPI, I2C, UART, PWM seem to be ready and most of local applications are
>> working.
>>
>> However, RIOT-OS makes no real sense without networking. Unfortunately,
>> ESP8266 doesn't have Zigbee or 802.15.4 radio interface on board.
>>
>> Sure, one possibility would be to connect a Zigbee module via SPI. But,
>> it doesn't seem to be reasonable to connect a 25 EUR Zigbee module to a
>> 3 EUR MCU which has a WiFi interface on board.
>>
>> Therefore, my question is, what is the best way to realize networking on
>> a new platform that doesn't have 802.15.4 radio but full TCP/IP stack
>> and WiFi on board?
>>
>> Any suggestion helps.
>>
>> Regards
>> Gunar
>>
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