Chapter 9 Home Plug
PLA5236 User’s Guide
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The information provided in the following table reflects transmission rate information about the powerline adapters
which communicate in your powerline network.
The powerline adapters listed in this table are all the powerline adapters in your powerline network except the
powerline adapter selected in the table of the
Ne two rk Na m e
section. In other words, if the
Lo c a l
powerline
adapter is selected in the table of the
Ne two rk Na m e
section, then this table will display the rates of transmission
from the powerline adapter connected to the computer running the Web Configurator to all the
Re m o te
powerline
adapters.
Site
This field displays:
•
Lo c a l
, if it is the PLA directly connected to the computer running the Web Configurator.
•
Re m o te
, if it is a PLA in your powerline network but not directly connected to the computer
running the Web Configurator.
MAC Address
This field displays the MAC address of your powerline adapter. The MAC address of your
powerline adapter can be found by looking at the label on your device. It consists of six pairs of
hexadecimal characters (hexadecimal characters are “0-9” and “a-f”). In the case of the PLA,
this label is on the bottom of the device.
Transmit Rate
(Mbps)
This field displays how fast information is sent from the powerline adapter selected in the table of
the
Ne two rk Na m e
section to this powerline adapter. The rate is given in the following format:
“application data transmission rate / raw data transmission rate”. Application data reflects
more accurately how fast devices are transmitting application relevant traffic (for example
Internet Protocol (IP) traffic). Raw data refers to the whole payload of the packets transmitted
across the powerline network.
Receive Rate
(Mbps)
This field displays how fast information is received from the powerline adapter selected in the
table of the
Ne two rk Na m e
section to this powerline adapter. The rate is given in the following
format: “application data transmission rate / raw data transmission rate”. Application data
reflects more accurately how fast devices are transmitting application relevant traffic (for
example Internet Protocol (IP) traffic). Raw data refers to the whole payload of the packets
transmitted across the powerline network.
Table 25 Configuration Screen (continued)
LABEL
DESC RIPTIO N