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I'm new to Ethernet interface and I have a few questions regarding my next project. My requirements are to send data over ethernet from custom FPGA board to a PC over dedicated link. The throug...
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Honored Contributor --- Quote Start --- TBut how about the PC side? What's the data sink? I suggest to perform some basic tests with PCs if the intended throughput is feasible. --- Quote End --- +1 on testing with PC's. Just write a simple transmit program and receive program that connect to each other over a raw ethernet or UDP socket. Have the receiver verify the data so it knows if packets start being dropped. Have the transmitter be able to throttle to a given data rate. You can also configure the NIC's to a specific MTU size. With this configuration, you can easily test the effects of different protocol and frame size combinations.
