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

…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 <mleech@ripnet.com> 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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