ZyXEL PLA-401 Series User Guide - Page 40

Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility 5.5 Network Info Screen Use the Network Info screen to see the rates at which a specific PLA-401 Series is communicating with other powerline adapters on your powerline network. Figure 17 Network Info Screen The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 5 Network Info Screen LABEL DESCRIPTION Adapter This field identifies which powerline network information is displayed. Different powerline networks are identified by the Ethernet interface (network card) connected directly to the PLA-401 Series. Typically there is only one connection, however, if your computer has two network cards and both are connected to a PLA-401 Series, then you have two powerline networks. Central Coordinator MAC The Central Coordinator of the powerline network is the powerline adapter which keeps track of which devices are part of the network as well as synchronizes communication within the powerline network. If the Central Coordinator is removed from the powerline network then another powerline adapter takes its place. This field displays the MAC address of the PLA-401 Series which is the Central Coordinator of the powerline network. The powerline adapters in your powerline network automatically select the Central Coordinator. 40 PLA-401 Series User's Guide