ZyXEL Communications PLA SERIES User Manual
Chapter 4 The Configuration Utility
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You can select to view the connection status represented by icons (
) or view transmission/
receiving rates in a list (
).
4.3.1 Icon View
Use the up/down arrow or just click a device icon at the left side to select a powerline adapter in
your network. The screen shows you the network connection status of the selected device. Click
Refresh to update the screen immediately.
your network. The screen shows you the network connection status of the selected device. Click
Refresh to update the screen immediately.
Figure 13
Network Info Screen (Icon)
The connection status icon (
,
, or
) indicates the current data rate of the powerline
adapter, and is equivalent to the HomePlug LED. See
for more information.
In this mode, you can click a device’s Info button to open a screen, where you can change the
device’s descriptive name that displays in this screen and view it’s MAC address and firmware
version. The Info screen also shows you how fast the selected powerline adapter sent information
to or receive information from this device. For example, if the Local powerline adapter is selected,
a Remote powerline adapter’s Info screen also displays the rates of transmission from the
device’s descriptive name that displays in this screen and view it’s MAC address and firmware
version. The Info screen also shows you how fast the selected powerline adapter sent information
to or receive information from this device. For example, if the Local powerline adapter is selected,
a Remote powerline adapter’s Info screen also displays the rates of transmission from the