ZyXEL PLA4231

bgn (N300)
500Mbps Powerline Wireless N Extender
Wikipedia	ZyXEL
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Status Unknown
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	ZyXEL PLA4231
FCC ID	I88PLA4231
Board ID	M01-PLW5Z-D20
Type	extender, Powerline Access Point
CPU1	Atheros AR9341
CPU1 Type	MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed	533 MHz
CPU2	Atheros Model?
Flash1 Chip	Macronix MX25L6405EM2I-12G
Flash1 Size	8 MiB8,388,608 B <br />65,536 Kib <br />8,192 KiB <br />64 Mib <br />0.00781 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size	32 MiB33,554,432 B <br />262,144 Kib <br />32,768 KiB <br />256 Mib <br />0.0313 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Winbond W9725G6JB-25
ETH chip1	Atheros AR9341
Ethernet Port Count	2-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u
802dot11 OUI: CC:5D:4E (7 E, 8 W) Ethernet OUI: CC:5D:4E (7 E, 8 W)
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	100-240 VAC ~ 50/60 Hz, 0.1 A
Connector type	NEMA 1-15P
Flags: HomePlug AV
Other
Default IP address: 192.168.1.2 the IP 192.168.1.2 is used by 33 additional devices of which 18 are ZyXEL devices Default login user: blank Default login password: 1234 blank:1234 credentials used by 46 additional devices of which 44 are ZyXEL devices
Manuf/OEM/ODM	AboCom
Retail
FCC approval date	19 December 2012
(Est.) release date	29 January 2013
UPC	760559120061 (UPC DB, On eBay)
ASIN	B00B7DG8WS
Country of manuf	Taiwan
Radio 1
Chip1	Atheros AR9341
Wireless interface OUI	CC:5D:4E
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz

For a list of all currently documented Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Atheros.

For a list of all currently documented ZyXEL device with specifications, see ZyXEL.

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N300 class

Overview

"M01-PLW5Z-D20" is silkscreened on the main board in the FCC photos.

"M01-AD09+-D10" is silkscreened on the power module (AboCom).

The device is shown as using two Skyworks (SiGe) SE2620T 2.4GHz FEM.

The FCC sample label shows a sample MAC of CC:5D:4E (ZyXEL OUI).

It is presumed to indeed use a CC:5D:4E OUI..

The default credentials in this entry are per the FCC manual.