ZyXEL Communications Corporation PLA5236 Manual De Usuario

 Chapter 7 Wireless LAN

PLA5236 User’s Guide

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

The MAC filter screen allows you to configure the PLA to give exclusive access to devices (Allow) or 
exclude devices from accessing the PLA (Deny). Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media 
Access Control) address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs of 
hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02. You need to know the MAC address of the 
devices to configure this screen.

To change your PLA’s MAC filter settings, click 

 > 

 > 

. The 

screen appears as shown.

Table 16   Network > Wireless LAN 2.4G or 5G > Security: WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK

Security Mode

Select 

or 

to enable data encryption.

WPA-PSK 

Compatible

This field appears when you choose 

 as the 

.

Check this field to allow wireless devices using 

security mode to connect to your 

PLA.

Pre-Shared Key 

 uses a simple common password for authentication.

Type a pre-shared key from 8 to 63 case-sensitive keyboard characters.

Group Key Update 
Timer

The 

 is the rate at which the AP sends a new group key out to all 

clients. 

The default is 

 seconds (60 minutes).

Apply

Click 

 to save your changes back to the PLA.

Cancel

Click 

to reload the previous configuration for this screen.