Field
Description
When the BlackBerry device displays a value for the AP MAC Address, the BlackBerry
device is associated with the access point.
Security Type
This field specifies the following link security methods:
• No Security
• WEP
• PSK
• PEAP
• LEAP
• EAP-TLS
• EAP-FAST
• EAP-TTLS
When the BlackBerry device displays the link security method, the security on the Wi-Fi
connection is turned on and active.
Association
This field shows the status of the BlackBerry device connection to the access point. The
status indicators are the following icons:
• green check mark: The authentication key is applied, authentication is complete,
and keys are used to decrypt packets.
• black filled circle: No network connection exists, or no profile exists for an association
to a specific access point.
Authentication
This field shows the status of the authentication process on the BlackBerry device.
Local IP Address
This field specifies the IP address of the BlackBerry device. When a BlackBerry device
displays a value, it displays the network that the BlackBerry device is associated with.
Signal Level
The field specifies the current signal strength of the BlackBerry device. The value is
based on the signal percentage level, from none to excellent.
Connection Data Rate
This field specifies the data rate in Mbps. IEEE 802.11b has a data rate of 11 Mbps, and
IEEE 802.11a and IEEE 802.11g have a data rate of 54 Mbps.
Status
This field provides a descriptive status message, such as
"Status acquired"
. It
also specifies warnings and errors that a user encountered when the user tried to open a
connection to an access point.
Network Type
This field specifies whether the wireless connection type is IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b,
or IEEE 802.11g.
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