User Guide

Manage Connections

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 don't know the network type, don't change this field.

 

 

SSID broadcasted

Set whether the Wi-Fi network broadcasts its SSID.

 

 

Automatically obtain

Set whether your BlackBerry smartphone receives a routable IP address, a subnet mask, DNS

IP address and DNS

settings, and a gateway address from the Wi-Fi network.

 

 

Allow inter-access

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

point handover

wireless 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 smartphone.

 

 

Subnet mask

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

 

 

Primary DNS

Type the primary DNS that your smartphone should connect to.

 

 

Secondary DNS

Type the secondary DNS that your smartphone should connect to.

 

 

Default gateway

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

address

 

 

 

Domain suffix

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

 

 

WEP options

These options appear if you choose the WEP security type.

OptionDescription

Select WEP key

Set the type of WEP key for the Wi-Fi network.

 

 

254

Page 254
Image 254
Blackberry REX41GW manual Options for saved Wi-Fi networks Common options, WEP options