Planet Technology ADW-4300A - Manual (Page 65)

Advanced Administration
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MAC Address Select the appropriate option
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Automatic discovery - Select this to have the ADSL Wire-
less Firewall Router contact the PC and find its MAC
address. This is only possible if the PC is connected to the
LAN and powered On.
•
MAC address is - Enter the MAC address on the PC. The
MAC address is also called the "Hardware Address", "Physi-
cal Address", or "Network Adapter Address". The ADSL
Wireless Firewall Router uses this to provide a unique identi-
fier for each PC. Because of this, the MAC address can NOT
be left blank.
Buttons
Add as New
Entry Add a new PC to the list, using the data in the "Properties" box.
If "Automatic discovery" (for MAC address) is selected, the PC
will be sent a "ping" to determine its hardware address. This will
fail unless the PC is connected to the LAN, and powered on.
Update Se-
lected PC Update (modify) the selected PC, using the data in the "Proper-
ties" box.
Clear Form Clear the "Properties" box, ready for entering data for a new PC.
Refresh Update the data on screen.
Generate Re-
port Display a read-only list showing full details of all entries in the PC
database.
Standard
Screen Click this to view the standard PC Database screen.