in desktop and laptop Ethernet chips, but just as often they’re separate. If the MAC and PHY are ever separate in your device – say, the MAC is inside your ESP32 chip and the PHY is external ...

This open-source gem uses the wESP32 board, which combines an ESP32 with Ethernet and Power over Ethernet (PoE) for robust, reliable connectivity. Check out the Crowd Supply campaign for details.

A hot potato: The ESP32 chip, found in over a billion devices ... without additional vulnerabilities and typically require physical access or already compromised firmware to exploit.