Hello Mark, Yes, people have used external Thunderbolt to 10 GigE SFP+ adapters successfully in the past. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9wlKYDEOUU
I do not have up to date information about the level of performance to be expected in such a setup however. In the video Balint is streaming at 100 MS/s, half the potential bandwidth of one channel, and only receiving. I believe we may have some more recent testing results and will try to find those for you. Regards, Derek On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 12:43 PM, Mark Luscombe via USRP-users < usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote: > For the development of a RFNoC project I have a powerful tower PC with an > Intel X520-DA2 PCIe card which features dual 10Gb SPF+ ports. With some > Cisco SFP 10G Copper Twinax cable this matches the USRP X310’s network > connectivity well. > > > > We are considering taking the project on the road, and it would be really > nice to have something a bit more portable than the tower PC. Has anybody > investigated a Laptop solution that includes 10Gb Lan support? A quick > Google highlights Laptops with Thunderbolt 3 interfaces (USB Type-C 3.1), > and external Thunderbolt 3 to 10Gb SPF+ adapters like the following. > > > > http://www.sonnettech.com/product/twin10g-sfp-thunderbolt3.html > > > > https://www.atto.com/products/thunderbolt-adapters/ > thunderlink/thunderbolt-to-ethernet/TLNS-3102-D00 > > > > Has anybody considered something like this, or got an alternative Laptop > solution? > > > > Thanks in advance, Mark. > > > > _______________________________________________ > USRP-users mailing list > USRP-users@lists.ettus.com > http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com > >
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