Feature and Technical Overview

Wi-Fi enabled devices

Characteristics of the IEEE 802.11g wireless networking standard that Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry devices support

Characteristic

Description

 

 

fallback speeds

48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, and 6 Mbps

 

 

frequency

2.4 GHz

 

 

maximum speed

54 Mbps

 

 

 

nonoverlapping channels

3

 

 

 

 

sources of interference

Bluetooth wireless technology

 

microwave ovens

 

• 2.4 GHz cordless phones

 

 

throughput speed

19 Mbps

 

 

 

Security features of a Wi-Fi enabled device

Feature

Description

 

 

Activation of BlackBerry devices over an

Activation of devices over an enterprise Wi-Fi network is designed to simplify

enterprise Wi-Fi network

the actions of activating or updating devices.

 

 

Authenticated connection with

An authenticated connection with a BlackBerry Router permits devices to open

BlackBerry Router

a direct connection to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server after they authenticate

 

with the BlackBerry Router.

 

Devices connected to an enterprise Wi-Fi network do not use an SRP

 

connection to send data to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

 

 

BlackBerry transport layer encryption

BlackBerry transport layer encryption is designed to encrypt messages that the

 

device and the BlackBerry Enterprise Server send between each other after

 

they open an authenticated connection.

 

 

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