Chapter 3 Managing Your PLA-400/402

3.5 Network Info Screen

Use the Network Info screen to see the rates at which a specific PLA-400/402 is communicating with other power line adapters on your power line network.

Figure 16 Network Info Screen

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 4 Network Info Screen

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Adapter

This field identifies which power line network information is displayed. Different power

 

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.

 

 

Central

The Central Coordinator of the power line network is the power line adapter which

Coordinator

keeps track of which devices are part of the network as well as synchronizes

MAC

communication within the power line network. If the Central Coordinator is removed

 

from the power line network then another power line adapter takes its place. This field

 

displays the MAC address of the PLA-400/402 which is the Central Coordinator of the

 

power line network. This power line adapters in your power line network automatically

 

select the Central Coordinator.

 

 

The information provided in the following table reflects trasmission rate information about the power line adapters which communicate in your power line network.

The power line adapters listed in this table are all the power line adapters in your power line network except the power line adapter selected in the Configuration page of the configuration utility. In other words, if the Local power line adapter is selected in the Configuration screen, then this table will display the rates of transmission from the power line adapter connected to the computer running the configuration utility to all the Remote power line adapters.

Site

This field displays:

 

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

 

 

configuration utility.

 

Remote, if it is a PLA-400/402 in your power line network but not directly

 

 

connected to the computer running the configuration utility.

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