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.

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 > >

Hello Mark: We have successfully used the devices below with a Lenovo ThinkPad T560 laptop running Ubuntu 16.04.3. When testing the Akitio PCIe expansion box, we used the Intel X710-DA2 with it. https://www.akitio.com/adapters/thunder3-10g-network-adapter https://www.akitio.com/expansion/node-lite The 10 Gbps RJ45 Ethernet SFP+ modules that we've successfully used are the 10GTek and the ProLabs 10G-SFPP-T-C. https://www.amazon.com/10Gtek-SFP-10G-T-S-Compatible-10GBase-T-Transceiver/dp/B01KFBFL16/ https://www.prolabs.com/products/optical-transceivers/brocade/SFP_Plus/10G-SFPP-T-C --​Neel Pandeya On 14 February 2018 at 06:12, Derek Kozel via USRP-users < usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote: > 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/thunderli >> nk/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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > USRP-users mailing list > USRP-users@lists.ettus.com > http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com > >

Hi all. On our side, we have tried the Promise Sanlink3, with 10Gtk 10G-SFP-T <https://www.amazon.com/10GBase-T-10Gigabit-Transceiver-30-Meter-ipolex/dp/B01N3OGEYI/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1519071349&sr=1-5&keywords=10G-SFP-T&dpID=412-jbxU4pL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch> under Windows, with "limited" success in Tx (we experience erratic under-runs when going 2x50MSPS and more, while we don't experience those with Sanlink2). However, this Sanlink3 T1 <https://www.promise.com/Products/SANLink/SANLink3-T1> does not support Linux. Neel: - Is there a specific Linux driver to install for eh "Akitio Thunderbolt3 10G Network Adapter", or did it just work out of the box? - Do you know if there could be a performance difference bwetween "10Gtek-10G-SFP-T" and "10Gtek-10G-SFP-T-S" ? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *Serge Malo * CDO & Co-founder, Skydel Solutions Cell: 1-514-294-4017 www.skydelsolutions.com Twitter: @skydelsol <https://twitter.com/skydelsol> On 14 February 2018 at 12:50, Neel Pandeya via USRP-users < usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote: > Hello Mark: > > We have successfully used the devices below with a Lenovo ThinkPad T560 > laptop running Ubuntu 16.04.3. > > When testing the Akitio PCIe expansion box, we used the Intel X710-DA2 > with it. > > https://www.akitio.com/adapters/thunder3-10g-network-adapter > > https://www.akitio.com/expansion/node-lite > > The 10 Gbps RJ45 Ethernet SFP+ modules that we've successfully used are > the 10GTek and the ProLabs 10G-SFPP-T-C. > > https://www.amazon.com/10Gtek-SFP-10G-T-S-Compatible- > 10GBase-T-Transceiver/dp/B01KFBFL16/ > > https://www.prolabs.com/products/optical-transceivers/ > brocade/SFP_Plus/10G-SFPP-T-C > > --​Neel Pandeya > > > > > On 14 February 2018 at 06:12, Derek Kozel via USRP-users < > usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote: > >> 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/thunderli >>> nk/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 >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> USRP-users mailing list >> USRP-users@lists.ettus.com >> http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > USRP-users mailing list > USRP-users@lists.ettus.com > http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com > >