ZyXEL Communications PLA4231 User Manual page 84

Chapter 12 HomePlug
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 30 Configuration Screen
LABEL
Network
Refresh Interval
The fields described below are used to identify the powerline adapters recognized on the powerline network.
Click Scan to refresh the information in these fields (immediately).
Note: Only devices which share the same network name are displayed in this table.
Site
MAC Address
DAK Password
Network Name
(NMK)
Set NMK to this
device
Set NMK to all
devices
Write
Network
Information
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DESCRIPTION
Select a number of seconds or None from the drop-down list box to update the powerline
network information automatically at the end of every time interval or to not refresh the
powerline network information.
This field displays
• Local, if it is identifying the powerline adapter directly connected to the computer
running the Web Configurator.
• Remote, if it is a powerline adapter in your powerline network but not directly
connected to the computer running the Web Configurator.
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 PLA4231 displayed on a sticker on the
bottom of your device.
DAK (Device Access Key) password is used to 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 PLA4231.
Select the remote powerline adapter you want to manage by clicking the 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 "-").
The default network name (sometimes called a network password or network membership
key (NMK)) of the PLA4231 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.
Select this to apply the NMK (entered in the field above) as the network name for the
powerline adapter directly connected to the computer running the Web Configurator.
Select this to apply the NMK (entered in the field above) as the network name for all
powerline adapter detected by the Web Configurator.
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.
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