ZyXEL Communications PLA-401 Series, User Manual

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Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility
PLA-401 Series User’s Guide
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5.5 Network Info Screen
Use the Network Info screen to see the rates at which a specific PLA-401 Series
is communicating with other powerline adapters on your powerline network.
Figure 17 Network Info Screen
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 5 Network Info Screen
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Adapter This field identifies which powerline network information is displayed.
Different powerline networks are identified by the Ethernet interface
(network card) connected directly to the PLA-401 Series. Typically there is
only one connection, however, if your computer has two network cards and
both are connected to a PLA-401 Series, then you have two powerline
networks.
Central
Coordinator
MAC The Central Coordinator of the powerline network is the powerline adapter
which keeps track of which devices are part of the network as well as
synchronizes communication within the powerline network. If the Central
Coordinator is removed from the powerline network then another
powerline adapter takes its place. This field displays the MAC address of
the PLA-401 Series which is the Central Coordinator of the powerline
network. The powerline adapters in your powerline network automatically
select the Central Coordinator.