I am using a Arduino Uno rev3 and df robot 0125 rev3 ethernet shield. connecting to the laptop, but my issue is more basic, the function to check the hardware namely ethernet.hardwarestatues results in no hardware detected
I have assigned a different subnet for the network with the board from my internet (over wifi) sub net
ip4v 192.168.2.2
and ip address set in sketch 192.168.2.25
I have also tried using 192.168.2.2
I think my issue is the UNO can't recongnize the shield, even though all the led are on for the shield and when code is uploaded the tx and rx flash.
what can I do to establish communication between the uno and the ethernet shield