The Ethernet shield gives the user a great interface from the Arduino to the outside world and is on my personal list of shields to buy.

There is also a “Cloud Flash” feature to program networked-enabled devices like the Arduino Ethernet or Arduino & Ethernet Shield.

A PHP script on the Arduino does all the heavy lifting and with the great Bildr tutorial on getting the Ethernet shield up and running, [Chris] was off to the races.

The problem with using it along with Arduino-based gadgets is that you then need to use something like an Ethernet shield to provide the network connection.

Arduino have taken the tiny wraps off of the official ethernet shield for their open-source prototyping platform, which adds network connectivity to the device. Based… ...

Arduino announced a single-pair Ethernet adapter board for its Uno R4 single-board microcontroller at Electronica this morning.