Product Name
Devicescape Easy Wi-Fi


Product Type
802.11 Wireless Networking Security and Connection Management


Product Summary
Devicescape Easy Wi-Fi is a comprehensive security and connectivity package that enables OEMs to quickly and easily implement Wi-Fi in their products, and enable these products to connect to all types of Wi-Fi: Enterprise, home and public hotspots.

Easy Wi-Fi includes an enterprise grade Supplicant, optional Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX), Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), a Connection Manager Framework and a Hotspot Login client.


Product Description

• Comprehensive Security
  Devicescape Easy Wi-Fi supports the entire suite of Wi-Fi security mechanisms that are currently used, including WEP, dynamic WEP with 802.1X, WPA/WPA2 Pre-Shared Key, and WPA/WPA2 Enterprise. A full range of 802.1X Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) methods are provided to enable deployment in any type of enterprise security environment. The Easy Wi-Fi Connection Manager can store multiple network definitions (or preference lists) in order to quickly reconfigure itself for various wireless networks. The software also supports 802.11i RSN roaming via pre-authentication. For EAP methods utilizing certificates (e.g., EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, PEAP and optionally EAP-FAST), Easy Wi-Fi supports an interface to external SSL/TLS libraries for certificate processing. The open source OpenSSL library is included in the product, and Easy Wi-Fi has also been deployed with small footprint commercial SSL/TLS libraries from Certicom and PeerSec Networks. Devicescape Easy Wi-Fi has been tested to interoperate with the popular RADIUS authentication servers from Cisco Systems, Funk, Meetinghouse and Microsoft.
  
• Wi-Fi Protected Setup
  Easy Wi-Fi's implementation of the Wi-Fi Alliance’s Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) specification makes it easy for consumers to configure and use a home wireless network. The Easy Wi-Fi WPS solution has been tested using a super-set of the Wi-Fi alliance test plan, and verified for interoperability against a large number of commercial access points. This ensures seamless compatibility and avoids some of the pit falls with early WPS implementations. Easy Wi-Fi supports automated configuration of wireless security and network settings via both the PIN code method and the convenient Pushbutton method. A device can act as an Enrollee, or as a Registrar for setting up an unconfigured access point.
  
• Cisco Compatible Extensions
  In order to ensure interoperability with the large installed base of networking infrastructure equipment from Cisco Systems, Easy Wi-Fi supports Cisco Compatible Extensions as an option. The CCX option provides for support up to version 5 of the CCX specifications (in conjunction with selected operating system platforms and Wi-Fi chipset drivers), and includes features such as enhanced EAP-FAST, CCKM, CKIP, and Cisco roaming and voice features. Wireless devices using Easy Wi-Fi with CCX can take advantage of Cisco’s innovations for enhanced security, mobility, quality of service, and network management as an option for Cisco CCX Program Licensees.
  
• Hotspot Login
  Wi-Fi has been deployed in 100,000s of public locations in the form of Wi-Fi hotspots. These hotspots typically require a user authenticate using a username and password entered into a HTML based captive portal. This authentication method was primarily designed for PCs and as such, has limited the usefulness of Wi-Fi hotspots for devices. Easy Wi-Fi includes a Hotspot Login feature that allows devices to automatically login in to free and commercial hotspot networks. This solution works in conjunction with a hosted update service to provide support for over 1000 commercial and free networks, including all major operators, many airports, universities and public places. Because Easy Wi-Fi hotspot login talks to Devicescape’s update service, the available hotspots that can be accessed is always being expanded and is available to devices without a firmware upgrade being required.