Prerequisites: Configuring a BlackBerry Router for BlackBerry deviceactivations over the enterprise Wi-Fi network
• On the computer that you installed the BlackBerry Router, or on a remote computer, configure an SMTP service that
the BlackBerry Router can use. For more information, see the documentation for the Windows Server.
• To restrict the BlackBerry Router so that it acts only as a gateway for BlackBerry device activations over the enterprise
Wi-Fi network, on a computer that does not host a BlackBerry Enterprise Server, install a BlackBerry Router whose only
purpose is to provide a connection to Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry devices over the enterprise Wi-Fi network. Configure
the BlackBerry Router as part of a chain of BlackBerry Router instances and make sure that one or more BlackBerry
Router instances in the chain can act as a gateway for other network traffic such as email messages, data, or calendar
synchronization.
• Verify that the wireless access points can connect to the BlackBerry Router that you configured for BlackBerry device
activations over the enterprise Wi-Fi network.
• Verify that each BlackBerry Enterprise Server can connect to a BlackBerry Router that you configured for BlackBerry
device activations over the enterprise Wi-Fi network.
• Create a user account and activation password on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server for each new BlackBerry device.
Configure a BlackBerry Router to permit BlackBerry device activationsover the enterprise Wi-Fi network
1. On the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Router, on the taskbar, click Start > Programs > BlackBerry Enterprise
Server > BlackBerry Server Configuration.
2. On the OTA WIFI Activation tab, select the Permit wireless activation in your WLAN environment check box.
3. Optionally, to restrict the BlackBerry Router so that it acts as a gateway for wireless activations over the enterprise Wi-
Fi network and not as a gateway for other network traffic such as email messages, data, or calendar synchronization,
select the Prevent all serial bypass traffic through this router except WLAN activations check box. Only restrict the
BlackBerry Router if you configured more than one BlackBerry Router instance.
4. To specify how the BlackBerry Router locates the SMTP server, in the Activation Gateway Settings section, select
one of the following options:
• To permit the BlackBerry Router to determine which SMTP server it uses for ETP traffic based on the mail
exchange record of the host domain, select Use MX Lookup to obtain SMTP server.
• To provide the SMTP server name and port number for the BlackBerry Router, select Explicitly provide SMTP
server name and port. Type the server name and the server port number for the SMTP server.
5. If the SMTP server requires authentication, specify the SMTP login name and SMTP password.
6. In the From address for ETP messages field, type the email address that you want to use as the From address. The
ETP message is the email message that the BlackBerry Router sends to the users' mailboxes during the activation
process.
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