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Devicescape Agent Supplicant

The Devicescape Agent Supplicant software product can be integrated into a wide variety of service-enabled device designs in order to provide secure, reliable and easy-to-use Wi-Fi network access. The DSA Supplicant is suitable for OEM and ODM embedded devices, PC OEM applications, and semiconductor reference designs.

The DSA Supplicant offers complete support for WEP, WPA/WPA2 Personal and Enterprise, and a broad set of EAP modes for comprehensive support of secure Wi-Fi networks in the home and business. In addition, compatibility with the large base of Cisco enterprise WLAN installations is assured with optional support for the Cisco Compatible Extensions version 4 (CCXv4).

Device software developers considering the integration of the DSA Supplicant into their design should review its architecture and detailed technical specifications.

Benefits to Wireless Device Companies

  • Accelerated time to market and lowered development costs with complete, mature and validated wireless software technology.
  • Assurance of Wi-Fi certification and interoperability with full IEEE 802.11 and Wi-Fi Alliance standards support.
  • Interoperability with the Cisco WLAN infrastructure via Cisco Compatible Extensions.
  • Flexibility in device design with broad Wi-Fi chipset, processor and OS support.

Key Technical Features

  • 802.1X wireless and wired supplicant functionality
  • IEEE 802.11i / WPA2 Personal & Enterprise security
  • Wi-Fi Extended EAP modes – EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, PEAPv0 & v1, and EAP-SIM
  • Cisco Compatible Extensions version 4
  • Full ANSI C source code
  • Windows Mobile 5.0, Windows CE 5.0, Windows XP, and Linux pre-integration
  • Pre-validated with Atheros, Broadcom, Conexant, Marvell and NXP Semiconductors silicon
  • Easily portable to other OSes and Wi-Fi chipsets
  • Validated with popular RADIUS servers from Cisco/Meetinghouse, Microsoft, Juniper/Funk and the open source community
  • OpenSSL included, and support for Certicom and PeerSec small footprint SSL/TLS libraries

Wireless Client Devices Powered
by the Devicescape Agent

Palm TX Personal Digital Assistant

Palm TX
Personal Digital Assistant




Sharp Digital Media Adapter

Sharp Digital Media Adapter

wifi certified

Wi-Fi Certification Assurance

Devicescape's Wi-Fi technology is pre-validated against the IEEE 802.11 and Wi-Fi Alliance specifications. In fact, Devicescape's WPA, WPA2 and Extended EAP mode implementations are employed as the golden reference standards in the Wi-Fi Alliance's certification test bed. Device manufacturers can have confidence that products incorporating Devicescape Agent Supplicant will be interoperable and achieve Wi-Fi certification in a timely manner.

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