The Dallas Semiconductor Ethernet link transport engine (ELITE) product line was created to bridge WAN to LAN. The ELITE products can be configured in several ways, the most common of which is through microprocessor (µP) control. However, for reduced-cost designs, the products can be configured using hardware pins or through an external EEPROM. While the hardware pins offers only limited functionality, the EEPROM configuration allows the user to program each register in the device. This application note was created to help the system designer properly program an EEPROM for use with the DS33Z11 or DS33Z44. ……