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Privacy
The Privacy screen provides the user with an option to maintain security for
their logical network and also to select the devices that has to be included in
the network. The appearance is shown in Figure 6.
Figure 6. Privacy screen
All HomePlug devices are shipped using a default logical network (network
name), which is normally "HomePlug". The Privacy dialog screen allows
user to change to a private network by changing the network name (network
password) of devices.
User Default Button
The user can always reset to the HomePlug network (Public) by entering
"HomePlug" as the network name or by clicking on the User Default button.
Set Local Device Only button
The Set Local Device Only button can be used to change the network name
(network password) of the local device. If a new network password is entered,
all the devices seen on the Main panel prior to this will be no longer present
in the new network, effectively making the local devices not to communicate
to the devices that were in the old logical network. Devices previously set up
with the same logical network (same network name) will appear in the device
list afterward selecting this option.
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Set All Device button
The Set All Devices button is used to change the logical network of all
devices that appear on the Main panel whose Device's Password had been
entered for the same logical network. A dialog window will appear to report
the success of this operation. For devices whose device passwords were not
entered, this operation will fail and will report a failure message.
Diagnostics
The Diagnostics screen shows System information and a history of all re mote
devices seen over a period of time. The appearance is shown in Figure 7.
Figure 7. Diagnostics screen
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