Operation Manual

eCAFÉ™ CONNECT
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3. VIEWING, MODIFYING OR ADDING FAVORITES – CREATING AN AD HOC NETWORK
A Favorite is a group of settings for connection to a known Infrastructure or Ad hoc network (your own, a neighbor’s, a friend’s).
eCAFÉ™ CONNECT allows you to easily store the settings for a network in memory, or view or modify existing Favorites.
In an Ad hoc (Peer to Peer) network, creating a Favorite is the equivalent of actually creating the wireless link between
the computers.
3.1. Security options
To avoid having an individual on the outside improperly connect to your network, we strongly recommend that you secure your
network. The table below sums up the 4 security types supported by eCAFÉ™ CONNECT.
Type
Level of security Key used
WEP The lowest level of security, in which a single encryption key is
used for the data exchanged. Each wireless client in the
network must use the same key to decode the transmission.
64-bit (10 characters) or 128-bit
(26 characters) key in hexadecimal format.
WEP (Shared) Level of security based on WEP, moreover employing an
authentication method via a shared key.
64-bit (10 characters) or 128-bit
(26 characters) key in hexadecimal format.
WPA-
PSK (AES)
Level of security superior to WPA-PSK (TKIP), using an
encryption method based on the new IEEE 802.11i security
standard.
Password with a minimum of 8
alphanumeric characters.
WPA-PSK
(TKIP)
Latest-generation high level of security, specially designed for
environments such as a small business or the home, using a
pre-shared key.
Password with a minimum of 8
alphanumeric characters.
WPA2-
PSK (AES)
Level of security superior to WPA2 (TKIP), also of the latest
generation, specially designed for environments such as a
small business or the home, using a pre-shared key.
Password with a minimum of 8
alphanumeric characters.
An alphanumeric character corresponds
either to a number (0-9), or to a letter (a-z
or A-Z).
WPA2-
PSK (TKIP)
Latest-generation very high level of security, specially
designed for environments such as a small business or the
home, using a pre-shared key.
Password with a minimum of 8
alphanumeric characters.
An alphanumeric character corresponds
either to a number (0-9), or to a letter (a-z
or A-Z).