Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP2 GigE Reports

[Oswald Berthold]

Matt Ettus <address@hidden> writes:

> I have started a page on the wiki to collect information about various
> GigE cards and how well they are working with the USRP2.  Please check
> it out and update it with your experiences.
>
>    http://gnuradio.org/trac/wiki/USRP2GigEReports
>
>
> Also, here is some basic background info about choosing a card if you
> don't already have one:
>
>    
> http://gnuradio.org/trac/wiki/USRP2UserFAQ#WhatGigabitEthernetInterfacedoyousuggest
>
>
> It should also be noted that I believe that all of the ethernet
> problems we are seeing are a result of bad settings in either the
> ethernet interface on the host computer, or the USRP2 firmware.  It is
> very unlikely that there are hardware compatibility issues.  The
> quicker we get an idea which systems are affected, the quicker we can
> resolve the issues.

dear list, please excuse my unbuffered intrusion here with a generic
request for advice on USRP / USRP2 matters:

from what i could glean so far from list and wiki, going for a USRP2
doesn't make much sense unless i would have a system featuring a
PCIe bus or doing a lot of preprocessing on the FPGA. it seems getting
a PCMCIA gigabit interface will not be doing much good. since my budget
will be burned for the radio hardware, getting an adequate laptop will
be delayed for some time.

since i aim more at RXing, the USRP also seems a better option since
it immediatly supports using both ADC channels with two daughterboards
instead of having to build a custom frontend for the basicRX module, as
would be the case with a USRP2?

thanks for any elaborations or remarks on this.
regards, opt