Option 4: Activating BlackBerry devices using the
BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager
Users can activate their BlackBerry devices by connecting them to computers using a USB cable or Bluetooth connection
and logging in to the BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager. During the activation process, the BlackBerry Web Desktop
Manager prompts users to associate the BlackBerry device with their email accounts and generate encryption keys.
When users complete the activation process, the BlackBerry Enterprise Server synchronizes email messages and organizer
data to BlackBerry devices through the BlackBerry Router. If a connection to the BlackBerry Router is interrupted, the data
transfer continues over the wireless network.
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
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