Feature and Technical Overview | Wi-Fi enabled devices |
After BlackBerry devices connect to the Wi-Fi network using a Wi-Fi profile, the BlackBerry devices try to make a direct IP connection to the BlackBerry Router. With some network architectures, a VPN session might be required to complete the direct connection to the BlackBerry Router.
Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry devices include a built-in VPN client that you can configure and assign to any Wi-Fi profile on the BlackBerry devices. If a direct connection to the BlackBerry Router is possible (with or without a VPN session), the BlackBerry Enterprise Server starts sending data.
Wi-Fi connection when a VPN connection or direct connection between BlackBerry devices and the BlackBerry Router is not possible
If Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry devices cannot connect directly to the BlackBerry Router (with or without a VPN connection) over a Wi-Fi network that can access the Internet (for example, a home Wi-Fi network or hotspot), the Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry devices open SSL connections over the Internet to the BlackBerry Infrastructure. After the Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry devices connect to the BlackBerry Infrastructure, the users' provisioned data services start to send data to the Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry devices.
Priority for connections that BlackBerry devices make over a Wi-Fi network
Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry devices connect over a Wi-Fi network to the BlackBerry Router or BlackBerry Infrastructure using the best possible connection or combination of available connections in the following order:
•connection to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server or BlackBerry MDS Connection Service over a serial, USB, or Bluetooth connection that uses the BlackBerry Device Manager
•connection to the BlackBerry Router from a Wi-Fi network, with or without a VPN connection
•SSL connection through the Internet to the BlackBerry Infrastructure over a Wi-Fi network
•connection to the BlackBerry Infrastructure provided by a wireless service provider that uses the GSM network, EDGE network, or UMA
The order of connections assumes that all routes to the BlackBerry Router and Internet are available when the Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry devices connect to the Wi-Fi network.