connecting two USRP N210 to one computer

[Rezap]

Hi,

I am trying to connect two USRP N210's to one pc. I want to simulate a real-time communication p2p link and I must use some blocks which are only available in MATLAB Simulink, i.e. I will have to configure one USRP as transmitter and the other as the receiver and in the middle I will put some Simulink blocks. My question is very basic. How do I get the operating system/ MATLAB, etc. recognize both of them, i.e. the two different IP addresses. I wonder I should use a network card with two slots or two normal network cards? or is there a simpler solution?

FYI: I am very new to USRP's. 

Thanks,

Reza

[lf_fr]

Dear Reza,

Two possibilities : (a) use the so-called MIMO cable or (b) use two network interface cards.
In both cases, USRPs are differentiated through their IP adresses.

I'm not using Matlab so I'm not sure whether (a) works in this environment. Solution (b) will work.

Also note that for real-time processing our experience tells that the

quality of the NIC+driver makes a difference.

Best wishes

L