4 diagnostics screen – PROLiNK PPL1202N Quick Installation Guide User Manual

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PROLiNK PPL1202N User Manual

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The Diagnostics screen shows system information and a history of all devices seen.
The appearance is shown in Figure 8.

The upper panel shows technical data concerning software and hardware on the host computer used to communicate
over Powerline AP Ethernet Network.

It shall include the following:

Operating System Type/Version

Host Network Name

User Name

MAC Address of all NICs (network interface card)

Identify versions of all Driver DLLs and Libraries used (NDIS) and optionally

MAC Firmware Version

Figure 8: Diagnostics Screen


The lower panel contains a history of all remote devices seen on the computer, over time. Devices are shown here
regardless of whether or not they are on the same logical network. Devices that are active on the current logical
network will show a transfer rate in the Rate column; devices on other networks, or devices that may no longer exist
are shown with an “?” in the Rate column.

The following remote device information is available from the diagnostics screen:

Adapter Alias Name

Adapter MAC Address

Adapter Password

Adapter Last known rate

Adapter Last Known Network

Date device last scanned

MAC Firmware Version


The diagnostics information displayed may be saved to a text file for later emailing to technical support of a
manufacturer or printed for reference during a technical support call. Devices no longer part of the network can be
deleted using the delete button.

4.4 Diagnostics

Screen

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