# Possible future option for consideration

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/possible-future-option-for-consideration/15133>\
**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [September 5, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/possible-future-option-for-consideration/15133 "2015-09-05T02:56:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![nicodegunst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@nicodegunst](https://community.particle.io/u/nicodegunst)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/possible-future-option-for-consideration/15133/7 "2015-09-10T20:56:32Z")

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There have ben quiet a few people requesting/discussing a Particle device with ethernet. I for one would be very interested as well, reliability and speed would be the main reasons.  
I think the most constructive thread about a wired version is this one, although it has been quiet for a while now. Maybe there should be some particle organised poll.. (@zachary)  
It would definitely look good in the line up, WiFi, 3G, Bluetooth, Ethernet..

> [@Proto Wired Ethernet Spark](https://community.particle.io/t/proto-wired-ethernet-spark/6624/24):
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> Brief update. I’m currently working to get the bootloader to build. My build platform is Linux, and my toolchain is 4.9.3 - the main spark firmware developers are still using 4.8.x, the code generated by 4.9.3 is slightly too large to fit in the flash area allocated for bootloader - I’m about 128 bytes larger than 4.8.x and about 24 bytes larger than the allocated space, so even the working code is tight now. If I were under deadline, I’d just find and load up a 4.8.x toolchain, throw a symlin…

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