Arduino Ethernet 1.0 Beta 4

Arduino Ethernet is a collection of libraries to be used within the Arduino programming environment in conjunction with the Ethernet shield.

While the individual libraries are downloaded within a single archive, they do not depend on each other (unless noted otherwise) and can be used independently.

Installation: Create a folder named "libraries" in in the "Documents" -> "Arduino" folder within your home directory. Place the folders contained in the download zip there (and restart the IDE, if it was running during this process).

Requirements:

· Arduino

What`s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Now supports Arduino 0019 and later. 0018 and earlier remain supported ??? The power of abstraction!
· Hardware-access now factored out into a compatibility layer. Should make porting the libs to other hardware (microcontrollers or network hardware, like WiFi shields) much easier.
· Fixes an issue where a DNS name could not be resolved if the first record in the reply is not of type A.
· Works around broken DHCP servers that send DHCP offers during DHCP renewal.
· Advanced features of the Bonjour library can now be disabled at compile-time for massive code size savings (See the "Pro Tip" at the bottom of the Arduino Bonjour docs).
· Smarter build system to shrink code size (e.g. to reuse shared code across all libraries without symbol collisions).
· Minor size optimizations.