# Getting an ethermega (essentially an Arduino with built in ethernet) talking to a Photon/Core

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/getting-an-ethermega-essentially-an-arduino-with-built-in-ethernet-talking-to-a-photon-core/39244>\
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**Created:** [February 7, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/getting-an-ethermega-essentially-an-arduino-with-built-in-ethernet-talking-to-a-photon-core/39244 "2018-02-07T20:09:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![daneboomer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/daneboomer/32/3653_2.png) [@daneboomer](https://community.particle.io/u/daneboomer)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/getting-an-ethermega-essentially-an-arduino-with-built-in-ethernet-talking-to-a-photon-core/39244/4 "2018-02-08T15:49:56Z")

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I’m going to give [this](https://community.particle.io/t/receiving-udp-packets-on-the-photon/12825?u=daneboomer) a go tonight, before I do, can anyone comment on whether asking the Core to do BOTH UDP **and** Particle Subscribe/Publish is going to actually reliably work? Thanks

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