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Option 5: Activating BlackBerry devices over an enterprise Wi-Fi network

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Administration Guide Assigning BlackBerry devices to user accounts Option 5: Activating BlackBerry devices over an enterprise Wi-Fi network Users can activate Wi-Fi® enabled BlackBerry® devices over an enterprise Wi-Fi network in environments that have the following characteristics: • BlackBerry devices can connect to the enterprise Wi-Fi network but cannot connect to the BlackBerry® Infrastructure. • Users did not install BlackBerry® Desktop Manager on their computers and cannot access BlackBerry® Web Desktop Manager. • You want to deploy and activate a large number of BlackBerry devices. To activate BlackBerry devices over the enterprise Wi-Fi network, you must configure the BlackBerry Router as an SMTP client (also known as a Mail User Agent). As an SMTP client, the BlackBerry Router communicates with an SMTP server, that sends an ETP message to the user. The ETP message is the email message that the BlackBerry Router sends to the user's mailbox during the activation process. You can configure the BlackBerry Router to act as a gateway for BlackBerry device activations over the enterprise Wi-Fi network and as a gateway for other network traffic such as email messages, data, or calendar synchronization, or to act only as a gateway for BlackBerry device activations over the enterprise Wi-Fi network. If you choose to configure the BlackBerry Router only as a gateway for BlackBerry device activations over the enterprise Wi-Fi network, you must 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. For more information about Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry devices, see the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Feature and Technical Overview. Prerequisites: Configuring a BlackBerry Router for BlackBerry device activations 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. 84

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Option 5: Activating BlackBerry devices over an enterprise Wi-Fi network
Users can activate Wi-Fi® enabled BlackBerry® devices over an enterprise Wi-Fi network in environments that have
the following characteristics:
BlackBerry devices can connect to the enterprise Wi-Fi network but cannot connect to the BlackBerry®
Infrastructure.
Users did not install BlackBerry® Desktop Manager on their computers and cannot access BlackBerry® Web
Desktop Manager.
You want to deploy and activate a large number of BlackBerry devices.
To activate BlackBerry devices over the enterprise Wi-Fi network, you must configure the BlackBerry Router as an
SMTP client (also known as a Mail User Agent). As an SMTP client, the BlackBerry Router communicates with an SMTP
server, that sends an ETP message to the user. The ETP message is the email message that the BlackBerry Router
sends to the user’s mailbox during the activation process.
You can configure the BlackBerry Router to act as a gateway for BlackBerry device activations over the enterprise
Wi-Fi network and as a gateway for other network traffic such as email messages, data, or calendar synchronization,
or to act only as a gateway for BlackBerry device activations over the enterprise Wi-Fi network. If you choose to
configure the BlackBerry Router only as a gateway for BlackBerry device activations over the enterprise Wi-Fi network,
you must 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.
For more information about Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry devices, see the
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Feature and
Technical Overview
.
Prerequisites: Configuring a BlackBerry Router for BlackBerry device activations 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.
Administration Guide
Assigning BlackBerry devices to user accounts
84