From bde490c81819778f7f1c029fed8208e5db7335a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Christian Y. Brenninkmeijer"
 <christian.brenninkmeijer@manchester.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 10:25:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] n_ethernet_connected_chips

---
 spinn_machine/machine.py | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/spinn_machine/machine.py b/spinn_machine/machine.py
index 081c497d..fa422fcf 100644
--- a/spinn_machine/machine.py
+++ b/spinn_machine/machine.py
@@ -717,6 +717,13 @@ def ethernet_connected_chips(self) -> Sequence[Chip]:
         """
         return self._ethernet_connected_chips
 
+    @property
+    def n_ethernet_connected_chips(self) -> int:
+        """
+        The number of ethernet conencted chips in the machine.
+        """
+        return len(self._ethernet_connected_chips)
+
     @property
     def spinnaker_links(self) -> Iterator[
             Tuple[_SpinLinkKey, SpinnakerLinkData]]: