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authorMoritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@ettus.com>2015-07-29 22:58:54 -0700
committerMartin Braun <martin.braun@ettus.com>2015-08-03 13:15:19 -0700
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e3xx: docs: Add a paragraph on network configuration.
Signed-off-by: Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@ettus.com>
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! \page page_usrp_e3x0 USRP-E3x0 Series
+/*! \page page_usrp_e3x0 USRP-E3xx Series
\tableofcontents
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ There are two different methods to connect to the device
- using the gigabit ethernet connector and a ssh client on your host computer
For the first boot, booting with the serial cable connected to the device
-is recommended, as it allows to review and modify the network configuration,
+is recommended, as it allows to review and modify the \ref e3xx_network_configuration
and allows to enter the bootloader in case of issues during the boot.
@@ -248,8 +248,7 @@ You may need to change the USRP's IP address for several reasons:
- to use multiple USRP-E Series devices with the same host computer
- to set a known IP address into USRP (in case you forgot)
-
-
+For examples refer to the \ref e3xx_network_configuration section.
\section e3x0_hw Hardware Notes
@@ -626,6 +625,51 @@ TRX-B | >= 2940.0 | 11 | 10 | XXX
_Note: Although the transmit filters are low pass, the following table describes UHD's tuning range for selecting each filter path.
The table also includes the required transmit enable states._
+\section e3xx_network_configuration Network configuration
+
+Your USRP E3XX Series device can be configured by editing the /etc/network/interfaces.<br>
+The device defaults to *DHCP*, meaning it will query the local network's DHCP server for an address.
+
+\subsection e3xx_network_dhcp DHCP
+
+The default configuration should look similar to, instructing your device to query
+local DHCP servers for an IP address, gateway, etc.
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+auto eth0
+iface eth0 inet dhcp
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+In order to change the hostname used to obtain an IP address via DHCP change
+
+ /etc/hostname
+
+and edit:
+
+ /etc/network/interfaces
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+auto eth0
+iface eth0 inet dhcp
+ hostname your-hostname
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+\subsection e3xx_network_static Static IP
+
+To configure a static IP address edit
+
+ /etc/hostname
+
+to look like
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+auto eth0
+iface eth0 inet static
+ address your-ip
+ netmask your-netmask
+ gateway your-gateway
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
\section e3x0_misc Miscellaneous
\subsection e3x0_misc_multirx Multiple RX channels