ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL PLA-407 User Manual page 40

Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility
Table 3 Configuration Screen (continued)
LABEL
Site
MAC Address This is a read-only field which shows the MAC address of the Powerline
DAK
Password
Status
DAK
Password
Network
Name (NMK)
Set NMK to
this device
Set NMK to
all managed
devices
Write
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DESCRIPTION
This field displays
• Local - This shows if PLA-407 is identifying the Powerline adapter
directly connected to the computer running the configuration utility.
• Remote - This shows if PLA-407 is a Powerline adapter in your
Powerline network but not directly connected to the computer running
the configuration utility.
adapter you are configuring. You can find the MAC address of your PLA-
407 displayed on a sticker on the bottom of your device.
This shows the DAK (Device Access Key), which is the password 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 PLA-
407.
This shows Managed for ZyXEL Powerline devices that you can configure.
Otherwise, this shows Unmanaged for non-ZyXEL devices detected in the
Powerline network.
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 PLA-407 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 configuration utility.
Select this to apply the NMK (entered in the field above) as the network
name for all Powerline adapter detected by the utility.
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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