Network Info Screen - ZyXEL Communications PLA-402 v3 User Manual

Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility

5.5 Network Info Screen

Use the Network Info screen to see the rates at which a specific PLA-402 v3 is
communicating with other coaxial adapters on your powerline coaxial network.
Figure 17
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 4 Network Info Screen
LABEL
Adapter
Central
Coordinator
MAC
40
Network Info Screen
DESCRIPTION
This field identifies which powerline coaxial network information is
displayed. Different powerline coaxial networks are identified by the
Ethernet interface (network card) connected directly to the PLA-402 v3.
Typically there is only one connection, however, if your computer has two
network cards and both are connected to a PLA-402 v3, then you have two
powerline coaxial networks.
The Central Coordinator of the powerline coaxial network is the coaxial
adapter which keeps track of which devices are part of the network as well
as synchronizes communication within the powerline coaxial network. If
the Central Coordinator is removed from the powerline coaxial network
then another coaxial adapter takes its place. This field displays the MAC
address of the PLA-402 v3 which is the Central Coordinator of the
powerline coaxial network. The coaxial adapters in your powerline coaxial
network automatically select the Central Coordinator.
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