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Configuring PEAP authentication

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Administration Guide Configuring PEAP authentication Configuring PEAP authentication If your organization implements PEAP authentication, Wi-Fi® enabled BlackBerry® devices must authenticate to an authentication server before they can connect to the enterprise Wi-Fi network. PEAP authentication requires that BlackBerry devices trust the authentication server certificate. To trust the authentication server certificate, BlackBerry devices must trust the certificate authority that issued the certificate. A certificate authority that the BlackBerry devices and the authentication server trust mutually must generate the certificate for the authentication server. Each BlackBerry device stores a list of explicitly trusted certificate authority certificates. BlackBerry devices that use PEAP authentication require the root certificate for the certificate authority that issued the certificate. To distribute the root certificate to BlackBerry devices, you can use the certificate synchronization tool in the BlackBerry® Desktop Manager. You must configure a Wi-Fi profile to provide the user name and password for authentication. For more information about how the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution supports PEAP authentication, see the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Security Technical Overview. Configure PEAP authentication data for BlackBerry devices using a Wi-Fi profile If BlackBerry® device users in your organization's environment use BlackBerry® 7270 smartphones, you must configure user names and passwords using IT policy rules instead of configuration settings. 1. In the BlackBerry® Administration Service, on the BlackBerry solution management menu, expand Policy > WiFi configuration. 2. Click Manage Wi-Fi profiles. 3. Click the name of the Wi-Fi® profile that you want to configure. 4. Click Edit profile. 5. On the Wi-Fi profile settings tab, perform the following actions: • In the Wi-Fi User Name field, type the user name for PEAP authentication. • In the Wi-Fi User Password field, type the password for PEAP authentication. 6. If necessary, on the Wi-Fi profile settings tab, configure the following configuration settings: • Wi-Fi Link Security • Wi-Fi Hard Token Required • Wi-Fi Server Subject • Wi-Fi Server SAN • Wi-Fi Disable Server Certificate Validation 7. Click Save All. After you finish: • For more information about configuration settings, see the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Policy Reference Guide. 213

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Configuring PEAP authentication
If your organization implements PEAP authentication, Wi-Fi® enabled BlackBerry® devices must authenticate to an
authentication server before they can connect to the enterprise Wi-Fi network.
PEAP authentication requires that BlackBerry devices trust the authentication server certificate. To trust the
authentication server certificate, BlackBerry devices must trust the certificate authority that issued the certificate.
A certificate authority that the BlackBerry devices and the authentication server trust mutually must generate the
certificate for the authentication server.
Each BlackBerry device stores a list of explicitly trusted certificate authority certificates. BlackBerry devices that use
PEAP authentication require the root certificate for the certificate authority that issued the certificate.
To distribute the root certificate to BlackBerry devices, you can use the certificate synchronization tool in the
BlackBerry® Desktop Manager. You must configure a Wi-Fi profile to provide the user name and password for
authentication.
For more information about how the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution supports PEAP authentication, see the
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Security Technical Overview
.
Configure PEAP authentication data for BlackBerry devices using a Wi-Fi
profile
If BlackBerry® device users in your organization's environment use BlackBerry® 7270 smartphones, you must
configure user names and passwords using IT policy rules instead of configuration settings.
1.
In the BlackBerry® Administration Service, on the
BlackBerry solution management
menu, expand
Policy > Wi-
Fi configuration
.
2.
Click
Manage Wi-Fi profiles
.
3.
Click the name of the Wi-Fi® profile that you want to configure.
4.
Click
Edit profile
.
5.
On the
Wi-Fi profile settings
tab, perform the following actions:
In the
Wi-Fi User Name
field, type the user name for PEAP authentication.
In the
Wi-Fi User Password
field, type the password for PEAP authentication.
6.
If necessary, on the
Wi-Fi profile settings
tab, configure the following configuration settings:
Wi-Fi Link Security
Wi-Fi Hard Token Required
Wi-Fi Server Subject
Wi-Fi Server SAN
Wi-Fi Disable Server Certificate Validation
7.
Click
Save All
.
After you finish:
For more information about configuration settings, see the
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Policy Reference Guide
.
Administration Guide
Configuring PEAP authentication
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