[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-29 Thread Nikos Balkanas
Dear all, I stand corrected for the benchmark_rate results: [DEBUG] [RFNOC::MGMT] Finished RX stream setup for EPID=2 [DEBUG] [0/Radio#0] spp value 2032 exceeds MTU of 8000! Coercing to 1996 [00:00:02.843054239] Testing receive rate 2.00 Msps on 1 channels [00:00:12.845077647] Benchmark compl

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-28 Thread Nikos Balkanas
True and thanks for all your help:) On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM Marcus D. Leech wrote: > On 28/04/2025 19:08, Nikos Balkanas wrote: > > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM Marcus D. Leech > wrote: > >> On 28/04/2025 18:04, Nikos Balkanas wrote: >> >> Hi Marcus, >> >> spb(=samples/buffer) i

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-28 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 28/04/2025 19:08, Nikos Balkanas wrote: On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM Marcus D. Leech wrote: On 28/04/2025 18:04, Nikos Balkanas wrote: Hi Marcus, spb(=samples/buffer)  is not what I hoped for. It is just another way to set the stream_cmd.num_samples in  the  stre

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-28 Thread Nikos Balkanas
On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM Marcus D. Leech wrote: > On 28/04/2025 18:04, Nikos Balkanas wrote: > > Hi Marcus, > > spb(=samples/buffer) is not what I hoped for. It is just another way to > set the > stream_cmd.num_samples in the streamer. I already use there MAXSMPS. > Besides benchmark_ra

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-28 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 28/04/2025 18:04, Nikos Balkanas wrote: Hi Marcus, spb(=samples/buffer) is not what I hoped for. It is just another way to set the stream_cmd.num_samples in  the  streamer. I already use there MAXSMPS. Besides benchmark_rate reports maxsmps 1996 like me:( That part is only controlled by the

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-28 Thread Nikos Balkanas
Hi Marcus, spb(=samples/buffer) is not what I hoped for. It is just another way to set the stream_cmd.num_samples in the streamer. I already use there MAXSMPS. Besides benchmark_rate reports maxsmps 1996 like me:( That part is only controlled by the MTU. Seems it is the same for everyone, and t

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-28 Thread Nikos Balkanas
Thx Marcus for the clarifications, On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM Marcus D. Leech wrote: > On 28/04/2025 05:33, Nikos Balkanas wrote: > > Compiled uhd 4.6.0 in debug mode. > From the output I get: > > [DEBUG] [0/Radio#0] spp(= samples per package) value 2032 exceeds MTU of > 8000! Coercing to 1

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-28 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 28/04/2025 05:33, Nikos Balkanas wrote: Compiled uhd 4.6.0 in debug mode. From the output I get: [DEBUG] [0/Radio#0] spp(= samples per package) value 2032 exceeds MTU of 8000! Coercing to 1996 Mon Apr 28 09:57:02 2025 [00] [*] scanner.l:1443:main Incorrect maxsamples (1996). Expected 19960.

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-28 Thread Nikos Balkanas
Compiled uhd 4.6.0 in debug mode. >From the output I get: [DEBUG] [0/Radio#0] spp(= samples per package) value 2032 exceeds MTU of 8000! Coercing to 1996 Mon Apr 28 09:57:02 2025 [00] [*] scanner.l:1443:main Incorrect maxsamples (1996). Expected 19960. Mon Apr 28 09:57:02 2025 [00] [+] Max samples

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-27 Thread Nikos Balkanas
Point taken:) I'm proposing smt different: pchar +ICMP are just to test line and connectors. First step. Not to bench USRP. benchmark_rate is to bench/stress usrp. These 2 are independent, and complementary. Pchar is telling me nothing more than my fiber cable and connectors are good. It saved me a

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-27 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 27/04/2025 21:58, Nikos Balkanas wrote: My bad: throughput of 5.619 Kb/s requesting ICMP replies, +> throughput of 5,619 Kb/s requesting ICMP replies Local thousand separator is ".", whereas in the US is ",":( It is STILL the case that the ICMP machinery in these radios is ABSOLUTELY NOT o

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-27 Thread Nikos Balkanas
My bad: throughput of 5.619 Kb/s requesting ICMP replies, +> throughput of 5,619 Kb/s requesting ICMP replies Local thousand separator is ".", whereas in the US is ",":( On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM Nikos Balkanas wrote: > Hi Marcus, > > You were right. No need to change NIC:) > This is not

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-27 Thread Nikos Balkanas
Thx, Marcus On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM Marcus D. Leech wrote: > On 27/04/2025 20:40, Nikos Balkanas wrote: > > Ubuntu packages... > No -dev, => no includes:( > The ICMP test is fine for testing physical wear (line, connectors OSI > layer 2) > Ofc a dedicated usrp benchmark is better for app

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-27 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 27/04/2025 20:40, Nikos Balkanas wrote: Ubuntu packages... No -dev, => no includes:( The ICMP test is fine for testing physical wear (line, connectors OSI layer 2) Ofc a dedicated usrp benchmark is better for application (layer 4) benchmark:) PS. If this conversation is getting long, we ca

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-27 Thread Nikos Balkanas
Ubuntu packages... No -dev, => no includes:( The ICMP test is fine for testing physical wear (line, connectors OSI layer 2) Ofc a dedicated usrp benchmark is better for application (layer 4) benchmark:) PS. If this conversation is getting long, we can switch to private mail... On Mon, Apr 28, 202

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-27 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 27/04/2025 19:34, Nikos Balkanas wrote: For that i will need the sources. Do you know where can I download the UHD 4.6.0 sources? TIA Nikos If you have an installed version of UHD on your system, then the examples should also have been installed.  How did you install   UHD? You might need

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-27 Thread Nikos Balkanas
For that i will need the sources. Do you know where can I download the UHD 4.6.0 sources? TIA Nikos On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM Marcus D. Leech wrote: > On 27/04/2025 17:37, Nikos Balkanas wrote: > > Hi Marcus, > > You were right. No need to change NIC:) > This is not a software issue. uh

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-27 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 27/04/2025 17:37, Nikos Balkanas wrote: Hi Marcus, You were right. No need to change NIC:) This is not a software issue. uhd_rx_streamer_max_num_samps runs right after uhd initialization before any other code had the chance to run. Link capacity doesn't seem to be the issue either... Runnin

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-27 Thread Nikos Balkanas
Hi Marcus, You were right. No need to change NIC:) This is not a software issue. uhd_rx_streamer_max_num_samps runs right after uhd initialization before any other code had the chance to run. Link capacity doesn't seem to be the issue either... Running pchar on the link, descendant of pathchar, re

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-25 Thread Nikos Balkanas
Thanks for your time. I will check out the example. This is not a buffer problem. I just need 1024 Samples (real+imaginary) for FFT... I should be able to get them in a single pass. You saw my code, not a smoking gun there. This is probably is a physical problem. Cable is an SFP fiber dedicated li

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-25 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 25/04/2025 23:33, Nikos Balkanas wrote: Actually MTU is 9000. This is one of the recommendations... I tried it with MTU 1500. It was worse:( maxsamples dropped to 364... Right, 9000, rather than 8000. Upgrading to 10Gbit wont' give you larger MTU. What you're trying to do, I think, is to so

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-25 Thread Nikos Balkanas
Actually MTU is 9000. This is one of the recommendations... I tried it with MTU 1500. It was worse:( maxsamples dropped to 364... [INFO] [UHD] linux; GNU C++ version 13.2.0; Boost_108300; UHD_4.6.0.0+ds1-5.1ubuntu0.24.04.1 [INFO] [X300] X300 initialization sequence... [INFO] [X300] Maximum frame s

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-25 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 25/04/2025 22:26, Nikos Balkanas wrote: Thanks Marcus, for your fast reply. On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM Marcus D. Leech wrote: On 25/04/2025 20:50, Nikos Balkanas wrote: Hello, I need to buy a new NIC. What would you suggest? The one I use is an old Mellanox 10 Gbs,

[USRP-users] Re: NIC suggestion

2025-04-25 Thread Nikos Balkanas
Thanks Marcus, for your fast reply. On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM Marcus D. Leech wrote: > On 25/04/2025 20:50, Nikos Balkanas wrote: > > Hello, > > I need to buy a new NIC. What would you suggest? > The one I use is an old Mellanox 10 Gbs, before the Connect-4 series. > It can only do 1996 S