[hpsdr] Command delays with Hermes on dedicated PC ethernet port

[John Ackermann N8UR]

Thanks very much, Ken.  I will give that a try.

73,
John

> On Sep 21, 2014, at 4:47 PM, "Ken N9VV (Win-8/64)" <n9vv at wowway.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ron,John,
> I have a Dell with the Motherboard NIC (Gigabit) and have added a USB3 --> Gigabit LAN adapter (has an RJ45 socket for a LAN cable) as my second net interface. They both work very well at the rated speeds (Gigabit) now that I changed the "METRIC" value.
> 
> I found that in my circumstance, the Windoze operating system would schedule communications on the LAN's at different priorities.
> 
> I think it was Phil VK6PH who suggested that I try to increase the "METRIC" value shown in the ADVANCED settings for the USB3 to Gigabit adapter. I changed it from the "Automatic" value to "200" and that certainly cured my problem.
> 
> GL de Ken N9VV
> 
>> On 9/21/2014 3:31 PM, Ron McCurdy wrote:
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>> Hi John,
>> 
>> Just unplug  the home network from the new card and plug it back into
>> the old card.  Then, you'll have the new card to speed up the processing
>> between your computer and rig.
>> 
>> Ron
>> P.S.  I've recently done the very same thing with my Dell PC.  The 1GB
>> ethernet card is connected to the Metis card of the transceiver.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ackermann N8UR" <jra at febo.com>
>> To: <hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 1:38 PM
>> Subject: [hpsdr] Command delays with Hermes on dedicated PC ethernet port
>> 
>> 
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>>> I put another NIC in my PowerSDR computer so that it could talk directly
>>> to Hermes without going through the house network.
>>> 
>>> The original NIC (on-board RealTek) is hooked to Hermes, while the new
>>> Intel PRO/1000PT is connected to the house network.  I'm using PowerSDR
>>> 3.2.19 and Hermes firmware v2.9 on a Windows 7 machine.
>>> 
>>> I am using APIPA address assignment, and have the expected 10-20 second
>>> startup delay.  Once the address negotiation is finished, data flows
>>> smoothly with no issues.
>>> 
>>> However, any command that requires communication with the radio, such as
>>> changing bands or going in/out of CW mode, has a long delay before
>>> successful completion -- long enough for the Windows "waiting" icon to
>>> show up for a few seconds.  Commands performed entirely within PowerSDR
>>> are not affected, only those that need to communicate with the radio.
>>> 
>>> It is almost as if the APIPA negotiation is happening each time PowerSDR
>>> needs to communicate with the radio.
>>> 
>>> When I have have Hermes sitting on the house network with DHCP address
>>> assignment, there are no delays, so this problem is related to the
>>> dedicated connection.  And the data packets flow smoothly, so the basic
>>> connectivity between the radio and the PC is there.
>>> 
>>> I wonder if there is a Windows networking setting that I should be
>>> tweaking to prevent this delay.  Any ideas?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> John
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