Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Sampling with multiple USRP N210s with one host computer

[Ian Buckley]

…and cheap switches with a couple of 10G ports and 24 1G ports from folks like 
Dell.

On Oct 31, 2013, at 8:06 PM, Marcus D. Leech <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 10/31/2013 04:54 PM, rmsrms1987 wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>> 
>> I recently discovered that Ettus offer a way of synchronizing up the eight
>> USRPs with the following clock distribution system:
>> 
>> https://www.ettus.com/product/details/OctoClock-G
>> <https://www.ettus.com/product/details/OctoClock-G>
>> 
>> Out of curiosity, how would one be able to connect and sample with eight
>> separate USRPs with one host computer.  Would you need eight separate
>> ethernet ports?  That seems like more than what a typical motherboard would
>> be able to handle.
>> 
>> Or can the USRPs all be connected to a server, which can be individually
>> accessed through the host computer?
>> 
>> Understanding how to do this will be extremely beneficial in order to gather
>> some ideas for a project.
>> 
>> Thank you very much in advance,
>> Rob
>> 
>> 
> You could have all of them on a single port and a 1GiGe switch, depending on 
> aggregate sample rate.
> 
> But another thing to be concerned about is how much processing your computer 
> can handle from 8 sample streams.
> 
> There are also quad-port 1GiGe cards available out there.
> 
> 
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