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> Hello all,
> 
> Sorry for the OT, but I got stuck so I turn to the hard-core designers :-)
> I would like to implement a wifi connection on an embedded application 
> using the applications own MPU + an additional MAC/PHY.
> Is this a very silly thing to do? Because after a day of searching I 
> have found a lot of ready to use wifi-modules but almost no separate 
> MPU-MAC/PHY solutions.

There are plenty of WiFi modules available, I am not sure if they have micro controller but for a few price is not that important.

> Has anyone done this? Am I missing something why this approach is just 
> not done (besides the SW-stack needed)?

I have done similar, LWIP is very common and freely available.