Chapter 3 Managing Your PLA-400/402

"Use the icon to view online help information in each screen of the utility.

Figure 14 Configuration Screen

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 2 Configuration Screen

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Network

Use this to select which power line network information is displayed. Different power

Topology

line networks are identified by the Ethernet interface (network card) connected

 

directly to the PLA-400/402. Typically there is only one connection, however, if your

 

computer has two network cards and both are connected to a PLA-400/402 then you

 

have two power line networks.

 

 

The fields described below are used to identify the PLA-400/402s and other power line adapters recognized on the power line network. The configuration utility automatically updates this information every 10 seconds. Click Scan to refresh the information in these fields (immediately).

Note: Only devices which share the same network password are displayed in this table.

Site

This field displays

 

• Local, if it is identifying the PLA-400/402 directly connected to the computer

 

running the configuration utility.

 

• Remote, if it is a power line adapter in your power line network but not directly

 

connected to the computer running the configuration utility.

MAC Address

This is a read-only field which shows the MAC address of the power line adapter you

 

are configuring. You can find the MAC address of your PLA-400/402 displayed on a

 

sticker on the bottom of your device.

 

 

 

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