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CHAPTER 1 Introducing the PLA 1.1 Overview This chapter introduces the main applications and features of your Zyxel Powerline Wireless 11ac Dual Band Extender with 1000Mbps PHY rate, which is called "PLA" in this guide. The following generic icon is used to represent the PLA. This User's Guide helps you understand more about how your PLA works and how to configure your network. The PLA plugs into an ordinary power outlet to easily extend a cable or DSL broadband connection or existing Ethernet (LAN) network to any other electrical outlet in any room of a house. The PLA provides a hybrid powerline transmission and Wi-Fi solution, enabling a larger transmission capacity, all without the need for any new cabling, since power sockets are available everywhere in your home. With the PLA you can easily set up a wireless network with both IEEE 802.11 b/g/n and IEEE 802.11 a/n/ac compatible devices. Multiple HD videos can be streamed over an interference-free 5GHz radio band across the network with no frame loss. In this User's Guide the electrical wiring network is referred to as the "powerline network". You can directly plug an electrical device (such as a router or computer) into PLA with an AC power passthrough socket to supply power to the device. 1.2 LEDs The following sections describes the lights on the PLA. The following figure is the front panel of the PLA. Use the lights to determine if the PLA is behaving normally or if there are some problems on your powerline network. PLA5236 User's Guide 7

Section	Page
PLA5236	1
Table of Contents	3
Introduction	6
Introducing the PLA	7
1.1 Overview	7
1.2 LEDs	7
1.3 Ways to Manage the PLA	9
1.4 Expand Your Network with the PLA	9
1.5 Security	10
1.5.1 Passwords	10
1.5.2 Setting Up Security	10
1.6 Multiple Networks	11
The RESET/ENCRYPT Button	12
2.1 RESET/ENCRYPT Button Overview	12
2.2 Adding Devices to a Powerline Network	12
2.3 Removing a Device from a Powerline Network	14
2.4 Multiple Separate Powerline Networks	15
2.5 One Combination RESET/ENCRYPT Button	16
Web Configurator	17
Introducing the Web Configurator	18
3.1 Overview	18
3.2 Accessing the Web Configurator	18
3.2.1 Login Screen	18
3.2.2 Password Screen	19
3.3 Navigating the Web Configurator	20
3.3.1 Title Bar	20
3.3.2 Navigation Panel	21
Dashboard	22
4.1 The Dashboard Screen	22
Connection Wizard	25
5.1 Overview	25
5.2 Using the Web Configurator Wizard	25
Monitor	27
6.1 Overview	27
6.2 What You Can Do	27
6.3 Log	27
6.4 Packet Statistics	28
6.5 WLAN 2.4G Station Status	29
6.6 WLAN 5G Station Status	30
Wireless LAN	31
7.1 Overview	31
7.1.1 Powerline Extended Wireless LAN	31
7.2 What You Can Do	32
7.3 What You Should Know	33
7.3.1 Wireless Security Overview	33
7.4 General Wireless LAN Screen	34
7.5 Wireless Security	36
7.5.1 No Security	36
7.5.2 WEP Encryption	37
7.5.3 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK	39
7.6 MAC Filter	40
7.7 Wireless LAN Advanced Screen	41
7.8 Quality of Service (QoS) Screen	42
7.9 WPS Screen	43
7.10 WPS Station Screen	44
7.11 Scheduling Screen	45
LAN	47
8.1 Overview	47
8.2 What You Can Do	47
8.3 What You Need To Know	47
8.3.1 LAN TCP/IP	48
8.3.2 IP Alias	48
8.4 LAN IP Screen	48
8.5 IP Alias Screen	49
Home Plug	51
9.1 Overview	51
9.2 What You Can Do	51
9.3 HomePlug Screen	51
One Connect	54
10.1 Overview	54
10.2 What You Can Do	54
10.3 One Connect Screen	54
Maintenance	55
11.1 Overview	55
11.2 What You Can Do	55
11.3 General Screen	55
11.4 Password Screen	56
11.5 Time Setting Screen	56
11.6 Firmware Upgrade Screen	58
11.7 Configuration Backup/Restore Screen	60
11.8 Restart Screen	61
11.9 Language Screen	61
11.10 Wi-Fi Mode Screen	61
Troubleshooting	63
12.1 Power and Light Problems	63
12.2 Powerline Problems	64
12.3 RESET/ENCRYPT Button Problems	64
Customer Support	67
Legal Information	73

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PLA5236 User’s Guide

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Introducing the PLA

1.1

Overview

This chapter introduces the main applications and features of your Zyxel Powerline Wireless 11ac Dual

Band Extender with 1000Mbps PHY rate, which is called “PLA” in this guide. The following generic icon is

used to represent the PLA.

This User’s Guide helps you understand more about how your PLA works and how to configure your

network. The PLA plugs into an ordinary power outlet to easily extend a cable or DSL broadband

connection or existing Ethernet (LAN) network to any other electrical outlet in any room of a house. The

PLA provides a hybrid powerline transmission and Wi-Fi solution, enabling a larger transmission capacity,

all without the need for any new cabling, since power sockets are available everywhere in your home.

With the PLA you can easily set up a wireless network with both IEEE 802.11 b/g/n and IEEE 802.11 a/n/ac

compatible devices. Multiple HD videos can be streamed over an interference-free 5GHz radio band

across the network with no frame loss.

In this User’s Guide the electrical wiring network is referred to as the “powerline network”.

You can

directly plug an electrical device (such as a router or computer) into PLA with an AC power pass-

through socket to supply power to the device.

1.2

LEDs

The following sections describes the lights on the PLA.

The following figure is the front panel of the PLA. Use the lights to determine if the PLA is behaving

normally or if there are some problems on your powerline network.