But shouldn't DPCs be much less an issue if at all with the 6000 series? Greg On Oct 19, 2012 2:12 PM, "Neal Campbell" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Absolutely! Windows is pretty good about handling more than 1 ethernet > device. > > Word of warning, get an Intel card. By all means, do not get a card using > an Atheros chipset (yes, this will prompt hundreds of people swearing by > the excellent performance of their Atheros ethernet service on their > motherboard, but just take it from some who works on a lot of people's > computers that Atheros has the worst drivers out there. > > Second word of warning: Realtek chipsets can be okay but their drivers > seem to flip-flop on generating DPCs. For instance the very latest set of > drivers from Realtek causes DPC spikes in the 300-600 us range. Just > falling back to the previous version restores its DPC good behavior. > > I will bet on Intel ethernet drivers more than any other brand I have > supported/installed. You can get a good card for 30-40 bucks, why take > chances! > > 73 > Neal K3NC > > On Oct 19, 2012, at 4:59 PM, Lloyd Berg - N9LB <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Can ine simply put a second Ethernet card in the computer? > > ( I.E. One for Internet connection, the other one for FLEX connection? ) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Flexedge [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Tim > > Ellison > > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 7:21 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Computer requirements for 6000 series > > > > > > Michael is correct. SmartSDR-Win will put more stress on your graphics > > subsystem than PowerSDR, but don't don't go out and buy high-end 3D > > graphics card. Most recent GPUs will have enough horsepower. > > > > We are putting together the Quick Start Guide for the networking > > requirements. I recommend that you connect the FLEX-6x00 to a switched > > 100 Mb/s Ethernet port for best performance, your PC should also be > > connected that way as well. Most Internet routers, including > > thewireless ones, have switched Ethernet ports on them. Do be careful > > of very low-cost 10/100/1000 consumer Ethernet switches as they may > > radiate RFI when an Ethernet cable is connected to them, in which case > > you may need some mix 43 ferrite beads on the Ethernet cables to cut > > down on RF emissions from the switch itself. > > > > Speaking of Ethernet cables, CAT 5e or better is recommended. Do not > > use shielded twisted pair (STP) cables as this will create ground loops > > unless you cut off one end of the STP cable to break the shield, replace > > it with a plastic RJ45 connector and connected the shielded end to a > > well grounded FLEX-6000. > > > > How much client to radio (server) network bandwidth you will need will > > be dependent on the number of panadapters / active slices and the nature > > of the streamed audio for said slices. GigE will not be a requirementand > > you might be able to use 10BaseT with an 8-slice display, but you will > > be getting close to maxing out that bandwidth. One caution with > > wireless client connections; the bandwidth quoted for your wireless > > connection is the theoretical maximum and you will never achieve those > > throughput speeds in real world applications. Also the bandwidth quoted > > accounts for both the RX and TX paths, so you will need to divide your > > theoretical maximum bandwidth in half to get an idea of the actual > > bandwidth you are working with. > > > > Tim Ellison > > On 10/18/2012 3:59 PM, Michael Hasenfratz wrote: > >> That is my understanding. Although, good Ethernet and graphics card > should > > be in order. > >> > >> Michael Hasenfratz > >> ======================== > >> Light travels faster than sound. > >> This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. > >> > >> On Oct 18, 2012, at 9:27 AM, George Allen <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >>> I presume that since the signal processing is done in the box of the > 6000 > > series, that there are no special computer requirements for the 6000 > series. > >>> > >>> Does anyone know if this is correct? > >>> > >>> George > >>> K2CM > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Flexedge mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > >>> This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. 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