ZyXEL Communications PLA-407 User Manual

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Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility

PLA-407 User’s Guide

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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.

MAC Address This is a read-only field which shows the MAC address of the Powerline

adapter you are configuring. You can find the MAC address of your PLA-
407 displayed on a sticker on the bottom of your device.

DAK
Password

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.

Status

This shows Managed for ZyXEL Powerline devices that you can configure.

Otherwise, this shows Unmanaged for non-ZyXEL devices detected in the
Powerline network.

DAK
Password

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 “-”).

Network
Name (NMK)

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.

Set NMK to
this device

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.

Set NMK to
all managed
devices

Select this to apply the NMK (entered in the field above) as the network
name for all Powerline adapter detected by the utility.

Write

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.

Table 3 Configuration Screen (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION