Feature and Technical OverviewWi-Fi enabled devices

Feature

Description

 

 

Direct access to the BlackBerry

Direct access to the BlackBerry Infrastructure over a Wi-Fi connection permits

Infrastructure over a Wi-Fi connection

Wi-Fi enabled devices to access BlackBerry services over the Internet, even if

 

UMA is not available.

 

You can verify with your organization's wireless service provider that your

 

organization's service plan supports access to BlackBerry services over a Wi-Fi

 

connection.

 

 

Encrypted communication over the Wi-

Devices support multiple security methods that are designed to encrypt

Fi network

communication over the enterprise Wi-Fi network between the device and

 

wireless access points or a network firewall on the enterprise Wi-Fi network.

 

 

Expanded groups of Wi-Fi and VPN

Expanded groups of Wi-Fi and VPN configuration settings permit you to control

configuration settings

Wi-Fi connections from devices.

 

 

Limited connections

Wi-Fi enabled devices are designed to reject incoming connections, to support

 

limited connections in infrastructure mode only, and to prevent ad-hoc mode

 

(also known as peer-to-peer) connections.

 

 

Multiple Wi-Fi and VPN profiles

Multiple Wi-Fi and VPN profiles are designed to address user requirements in a

 

variety of different environments.

 

 

Proxy server

Devices supports the use of a transparent proxy server that you can configure

 

between the enterprise Wi-Fi network and the device.

 

 

Software token provisioning

Software token provisioning is designed to permit you to provision and manage

 

the seed for software token authentication on devices. You can use software

 

token authentication for VPN connections.

 

The BlackBerry Enterprise Server is designed to work with the RSA

 

Authentication Manager to provide software token support for use with layer 2

 

and layer 3 authentication on supported devices.

 

 

User-specific configuration settings and

User-specific configuration settings and IT policy rules are designed to simplify

IT policy rules

the configuration of user-specific Wi-Fi and VPN information (such as user IDs

 

and passwords).

 

 

Wireless backup of Wi-Fi and VPN

Backup of Wi-Fi and VPN profiles on devices over a Wi-Fi connection permits

profiles

users to restore the profiles, if necessary.

 

 

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