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Embrace more network chips (W5200 and W5500 at least) to be more generic #37

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My main reasoning is here (arduino/Arduino#5170) but it was centered about web documentation, so I think maybe here is the right place to explain the issue. Let's go:

None of current official Arduino products has Ethernet conectivity (sadly). So...why keep maintaining this library? If the plan is to be not tied to any specific official Arduino product, then I think this library should be more generic (as it is this: https://github.com/Wiznet/WIZ_Ethernet_Library, at least). Current situation is no sustainable because W5100 is vanishing little by little and currently this library doesn't offer other alternative. It's the same case as TFT library...if it were generic, maybe someone used it (as it is used LiquidCrystal library, for instance) but being tied to an specific chip, i_f this chip is not associated to an official product,_ it's a dead-end.

Another solution would be offer a new shining product: an Ethernet shield with TLS integrated chip and SD card , (and therefore, modify this library accordingly)...but I suspect this is not the plan

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