# W5500 Ethernet support **URL:** \ **Category:** Hardware\ **Created:** [April 6, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/w5500-ethernet-support/2650 "2021-04-06T19:07:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DavidN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/davidn/32/1367_2.png) [@DavidN](https://wled.discourse.group/u/DavidN)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/w5500-ethernet-support/2650/1 "2021-04-06T19:07:45Z")
Nice day everyone! I have a question about WLED support with the **W5500 Ethernet module**. Unfortunately, I did not see support for this model in the latest version. I also read [here](https://github.com/Aircoookie/WLED/issues/1027#issuecomment-738620604) that it could be a problem. Has anyone managed to connect this ethernet to WLED? Is it planned to add support for this extended and inexpensive module? ---
**Author:** ![Aircoookie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/aircoookie/32/2_2.png) [@Aircoookie](https://wled.discourse.group/u/Aircoookie)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/w5500-ethernet-support/2650/2 "2021-04-06T19:12:02Z")
Hi! The W5500 is unfortunately still not supported and for me personally it is not on the roadmap. For now I can definitely recommend the Olimex ESP32-POE board if you’d like to use ethernet. > **[ESP32-POE - Open Source Hardware Board](https://www.olimex.com/Products/IoT/ESP32/ESP32-POE/open-source-hardware)** > > ESP32-POE IoT development board with 100Mb Ethernet, Power over Ethernet, WiFi, BLE, programmer At some point soon the QuinLED-ESP32-ABE will release and be a nice alternative: [QuinLED-ESP32 – ALLNET China](https://shop.allnetchina.cn/collections/quinled/products/quinled-esp32?variant=39253005828198) ---
**Author:** ![DavidN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/davidn/32/1367_2.png) [@DavidN](https://wled.discourse.group/u/DavidN)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/w5500-ethernet-support/2650/3 "2021-04-06T19:51:12Z")
Thanks for the response @Aircoookie! That’s a shame, because I stupidly bought 12 of these W5500 Ethernet module and esp32 for a project with WLED. 😐 In addition, my friend and I designed and made a couple of PCBs with this module. 🤦‍♂️ This is my stupidity, because I didn’t check if this ethernet is supported. 😔 But one learns through mistakes. 😀 Is it possible to connect standard ESP32 dev and this [LAN8720](https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32858432526.html) module? ---
**Author:** ![Aircoookie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/aircoookie/32/2_2.png) [@Aircoookie](https://wled.discourse.group/u/Aircoookie)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/w5500-ethernet-support/2650/4 "2021-04-06T22:43:29Z")
Sorry about that 😅 Yep, LAN8720 seems to be what all current ESP32 ethernet boards use, should work fine. [https://sautter.com/blog/ethernet-on-esp32-using-lan8720/](https://sautter.com/blog/ethernet-on-esp32-using-lan8720/) ---
**Author:** ![DavidN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/davidn/32/1367_2.png) [@DavidN](https://wled.discourse.group/u/DavidN)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 7:40am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/w5500-ethernet-support/2650/5 "2021-04-07T07:40:19Z")
Thanks for the link. We will do next projects either with the [LAN8720](https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32858432526.html) module or with the cheap [WT32-ETH01](https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000366124345.html). Maybe the second attempt will work. 😅 ---
**Author:** ![vento](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/48db29/32.png) [@vento](https://wled.discourse.group/u/vento)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/w5500-ethernet-support/2650/6 "2023-04-07T22:22:51Z")
ahhhhh me too! i bought 10 esp32 and 10 w5500 and only now I discover my error… can you please explain how to set the LAN8720 in wled? t he upper link is good for wiring, but… in wled we can tell mosi miso sclk gpio’s, and in wirless setup? i’m also not able to see where to set the ip for the ethernet artnet in the wled settings. thanks a lot and have a nice day