Coax MDU Master Bridge User
’s Guide
10
EP Offline
Red LED for
Unrecognized
/Un-configure
EP
Can Delete
Off-line
EP
’s Profile
Grey LED
for
Off-line
EP
Link in Gray
– EP is off
Properties Profile
– store Master/EP settings
XL-HCW224C will store the
setting
values of individual EP into its nonvolatile memory, includes HomePNA
properties and Ethernet properties, as a profile. And it tells the different Master and EP profile status from row
background color, refer ―
Profile Status for Master and EP
‖. While EP is off-line and doesn‘t need any service, you
may delete its
obsolete profile manually to save XL-HCW224C storage space. XL-HCW224C could keep up to 62 profiles, and
serve up to 1 master
plus 61 on-line EPs concurrently.
Master HomePNA Properties (HPNA)
Note
Footnote to the Master.
Security Mode
– always on
The communication between EPs is isolated intentionally. EP cannot talk to each other. It is the default security
mode and unchangeable.
Privacy Mode
– default is off
Privacy prevents unauthorized EP from accessing the HCNA network controlled by
Master
HCNA device. While
‗
Privacy Mode
‘ is ‗
ON
‘, Master will serve the EP only if its ‗
Privacy Key
‘ matches with the Master‘s. The
‗
Privacy Key
‘ acts like EP‘s password granted by Master.
Open the Master privacy configuration window by clicking on its ‗
HPNA
‘ button,
