Administration Guide

Configuring encryption and authentication methods for Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry devices

For more information about configuration settings, see the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Policy Reference Guide.

Resend the IT policy that you assign to the user accounts to BlackBerry devices.

Distribute the certificates.

Related information

Creating and configuring Wi-Fi profiles, 235

Prerequisites: Distributing a certificate using the BlackBerry Desktop Manager

Using a public or private certificate authority, obtain or generate a digital certificate for the authentication server. The root.der certificate file is stored in the location where the certificate was created. For example, the authentication server stores a self-signed certificate locally.

Configure each wireless access point as a client of the authentication server. You must use the same authentication version on clients and servers. For more information, see the documentation for the access points.

Use the certificate management features of Microsoft Active Directory to download the root certificate from the certificate authority server to the computer.

Distribute a certificate using the BlackBerry Desktop Manager

If a BlackBerry device requires the root certificate for the certificate authority, a client certificate, or both, you can distribute the certificates using BlackBerry Desktop Manager. The BlackBerry device can add the certificates to the list of explicitly trusted certificate authority certificates or the list of client certificates.

1.On the user’s computer, right-click the certificate. Click Install certificate.

2.Click Next.

3.Click Place all certificates in the following store.

4.Click Browse.

5.Perform one of the following actions:

If you are distributing a root certificate, click Trusted Root Certification Authorities.

If you are distributing a client certficate, click Personal

6.Click OK.

7.Click Finish.

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