ZyXEL Communications PLA-407 - Manual (Page 42)

Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility
PLA-407 User’s Guide
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Click Network Info to display the following screen.
Figure 18 Network Info Screen
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 4 Network Info Screen
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Adapter This field identifies which Powerline network information is displayed.
Different Powerline networks are identified by the Ethernet interface
(network card) connected directly to the PLA-407. Typically there is only
one connection, however, if your computer has two network cards and
both are connected to a PLA-407, then you have two Powerline networks.
Central
Coordinator
MAC The Central Coordinator of the Powerline network is the Powerline adapter
which keeps track of which devices are part of the network as well as
synchronizes communication within the Powerline network. If the Central
Coordinator is removed from the Powerline network then another
Powerline adapter takes its place. This field displays the MAC address of
the PLA-407 which is the Central Coordinator of the Powerline network.
The Powerline adapters in your Powerline network automatically select the
Central Coordinator.
The information provided in the following table reflects transmission rate information
about the Powerline adapters which communicate in your Powerline network.
Site
This field displays:
• Local, if it is the PLA-407 directly connected to the computer running
the configuration utility.
• Remote, if it is a PLA-407 in your Powerline network but not directly
connected to the computer running the configuration utility.
MAC Address This field displays the MAC address of your Powerline adapter. The MAC
address of your Powerline adapter can be found by looking at the label on
your device. It consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters
(hexadecimal characters are “0-9” and “a-f”). In the case of the PLA-407,
this label is on the bottom of the device.