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Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility

Table 3 Configuration Screen (continued)

LABEL	DESCRIPTION
Site	This field displays
	• Local - This shows if PLA-407 is identifying the Powerline adapter
	directly connected to the computer running the configuration utility.
	• Remote - This shows if PLA-407 is a Powerline adapter in your
	Powerline 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 Powerline
	adapter you are configuring. You can find the MAC address of your PLA-
	407 displayed on a sticker on the bottom of your device.

DAK	This shows the DAK (Device Access Key), which is the password used to
Password	verify that you are authorized to perform changes on a remote device. You
	can find the DAK password printed on a sticker on the bottom of your PLA-
	407.

Status	This shows Managed for ZyXEL Powerline devices that you can configure.
	Otherwise, this shows Unmanaged for non-ZyXEL devices detected in the
	Powerline network.

DAK	Select the remote Powerline adapter you want to manage by clicking the
Password	MAC address which corresponds to it in the MAC Address column. Enter
	the DAK Password value and click Save.

	Note: You must enter the DAK Password value exactly as it is printed
	on the label (all caps and with dashes “-”).

Network	The default network name (sometimes called a network password or
Name (NMK)	network membership key (NMK)) of the PLA-407 is “HomePlugAV”.
	HomePlug compatible devices use the same network name to recognize
	and communicate with each other over the Powerline network. If you
	change the network name of one device on the network, it will no longer
	be recognized as part of that network.
	If you change the network name, make sure you change the network
	name for all of the Powerline adapters that you want to be part of your
	Powerline network.
	The network name can be from 8 to 64 characters in length, using
	“A”~”Z”, “a”~”z”, “0”~”9”; spaces are not allowed.

Set NMK to	Select this to apply the NMK (entered in the field above) as the network
this device	name for the Powerline adapter directly connected to the computer
	running the configuration utility.

Set NMK to	Select this to apply the NMK (entered in the field above) as the network
all managed	name for all Powerline adapter detected by the utility.
devices

Write	Click this to apply your changes. The new Network Name is applied to
	the selected Powerline adapter.
	Note: You must enter the correct DAK password for the selected
	Powerline adapter before you can make changes to it.