Bruce! If I remember right you suggested previously something which use a normal parallel data bus. Can you remember which module this?
Though I am not Bruce
but maybe something like this, if I remember correctly:
http://www.wiznet.co.kr/sub_modules/en/product/Product_Detail.asp?cate1=5&cate2=42&cate3=0&pid=1030Btw, I've found a Hungarian distributor who can ship it for something like 10000 HUF or such, I can't remember
Ah, Ok found, it was (what I've asked): WIZ830MJ from "SOS electronic shop", the module + shipping is 7324HUF without taxes, so it's about 10000 then. It was in 2013, so the price could be changed since then, I guess.
But this is not wifi based, but wired ethernet. Not so a problem for me, even for PCs I prefer the "good old stable" cable, and I use wifi only for devices like smart phones ...
Here it is some table about the wiznet network modules:
http://www.wiznet.co.kr/Sub_Modules/en/product/Product_Line.asp?cate1=5&cate2=42But they seem to have wifi based stuffs as well:
http://www.wiznet.co.kr/Sub_Modules/en/product/Product_Line.asp?cate1=5&cate2=43About the "HW sockets" in the table: as far as I can remember, the important fact is the one that it supports TCP/IP connections "by hardware" (so by an embedded MCU, anyway, but who cares) and "4 sockets" mean that 4 parallel connections are handled. Not having "mac address" is not so much a problem, but you must set it from software then, I guess, not a big deal, but in theory every devices should use different addresses or some ugly thing can happen if it's not true within an ethernet segment.