Connection Wizard

The Connection wizard helps you set up network connections to servers in the Geutebrück system. To open the Connection wizard menu click on the Connection wizard button on the G-Set home page or use the button next to the sidebar item Connection.

You can only open the Connection Wizard if you there is no running connection to a server.

The Connection wizard menu is divided into four areas:

 

Area

Description

Toolbar

The Toolbar consists of commands for editing connections.

Connections

The Connections area shows a list of all configured servers.

Settings

In the Settings area, settings for the server selected sever in Connections can be made.

Device Browser

With the Device Browser you can browse for servers.

Toolbar

The Toolbar contains four buttons for editing connections.

Icon

Description

Function

New

Creates a new connection to add a new server to the list of configured servers in Connections.

The new server is entered in the list of configured servers with an alias name.

Delete

Deletes the server selected in the list of configured servers in Connections .

Export

Exports the current list of configured servers, shown in Connections.

Import

Imports a saved server list.

As long as there is a existing connection to a server, the import of a server list is not possible.

Connections

In the Connections area all servers are shown to which connections are configured. Click on a server to edit the connection information or to add descriptions.

Use the toolbar buttons to create new server connections or delete existing server connections.

Settings

Servers selected in the Connections area can be edited in the Settings area .

Settings can only be made as long as there is no existing connection to the selected server.

Crypt Algorithm

For exchange of data with the selected server, you can select the type of encryption:

Encryption

Description

None

(Unencrypted)

AES256

The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is a block cipher, which was published in 2000 as a standard. The algorithm has a very high level of security, so that AES-192 and AES-256 are approved in the U.S. for documents with the highest top secret classification.

Salsa

Salsa20 is an encryption developed in 2005. Salsa20 is based on a small number of operations and thus provides good, consistent software performance.

Crypt algorithm default value is AES256.

Ping Host and Check Connection

Using the Ping host and the Check connection buttons, you can check the reachability and connection of the in Connection selected server.

Button

Description

Ping host

The Ping host button can be used to test if the specified host is reachable in the network. Clicking the button will send a ping. If the host is reachable a will appear next to the Ping host button. Otherwise an will appear.

Check connection

If you click the Check connectionbutton, the system will check whether a connection to the selected server can be established with the specified data. If the connection is successful a will appear next to the Check connection button. Otherwise an will appear.

Device Browser

The Device browser area shows, after you click on the Browse button, all servers available in the network. If you double-click a server in the Device browser list, it will be added to the list of configured servers in Connections.