User Guide

Manage Connections

4. Press the key > Disable.

Turn on the prompt that appears for hotspots

By default, your BlackBerry® prompts you if you are within range of a saved Wi-Fi® network that appears to be a hotspot. If you turn off these prompts, you can turn them on again.

1.On the Home screen, click the connections area at the top of the screen, or click the Manage Connections icon.

2.Click Set Up Wi-Fi.

3.Press the key > Options.

4.Select the Prompt me when a saved hotspot is found nearby check box.

5.Press the key > Save.

Options for saved Wi-Fi networks

Common options

Option

Description

 

 

Name

Type a display name for the Wi-Fi® network.

SSID

Type the Wi-Fi network name.

Security Type

Set the security type that the Wi-Fi network supports.

Band type

Set the Wi-Fi network type. If you do not know the network type, do not change this field.

SSID broadcasted

Set whether the Wi-Fi network broadcasts its SSID.

Automatically obtain

Set whether your BlackBerry® device receives a routable IP address, a subnet mask, DNS settings, and

IP address and DNS

a gateway address from the Wi-Fi network.

Allow inter-access

Set whether your device remains connected to the Wi-Fi network when you move between wireless

point handover

access points.

VPN profile

If necessary, set a VPN profile to use with the saved Wi-Fi network.

IP Address

Type the IP address for your device.

Subnet mask

Type the subnet mask for the wireless access point that your device should connect to.

Primary DNS

Type the primary DNS that your device should connect to.

Secondary DNS

Type the secondary DNS that your device should connect to.

Default gateway

Type the default gateway IP address that your device should connect to.

address

 

Domain suffix

Type the domain that your device uses to resolve host names into IP addresses.

WEP options

 

These options appear if you choose the WEP security type.

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