Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility

Use this screen to configure priority settings for traffic from the Powerline adapters on your network.

Figure 20 Advanced Screen

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 6

Advanced Screen

LABEL

 

DESCRIPTION

Adapter

 

This field identifies which Powerline network information is displayed.

 

 

Different Powerline networks are identified by the Ethernet interface

 

 

(network card) on your computer which is connected directly to a

 

 

Powerline adapter. Typically there is only one connection. However, if your

 

 

computer has two network cards and both are connected to a Powerline

 

 

adapter, then you have two Powerline networks.

 

 

 

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 Powerline adapter in your Powerline network but not

 

 

directly connected to the computer running the configuration utility.

 

 

 

MAC

 

This is a read-only field which shows the MAC address of the Powerline

Address

 

adapter you are configuring. You can find the MAC address of your PLA-

 

 

407 displayed on a sticker on the bottom of your device.

 

 

 

Priority

 

Select a priority setting from the drop-down box for traffic FROM your

 

 

selected device. The options, in order of importance, are High, Medium,

 

 

Normal and Low.

 

 

 

Save

 

Click this to apply your changes. The new Priority setting is applied to the

 

 

selected Powerline adapter.

 

 

 

 

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