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Posted 08-24-2009 at 05:00 AM by hdawg

I know a few people that either use or want to get into using Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry handhelds ... this one is for them.

Plus, anything I can do to take the bottleneck off of my carrier's network makes me happy ... my Wi-Fi is as good if not better than any mobile 3G out there.

Check it out ...

KB13922 - System requirements and support for Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry smartphones

Environment
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BlackBerry® smartphone

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Overview

<content> BlackBerry Data Services Requirements

Routable path of the BlackBerry smartphone to the Internet through Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) on port 443
Optional Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA)/generic access network (GAN) access - routable path from the BlackBerry smartphone to the Internet through TCP/IP ports 4500 and 500
- Requires carrier support for UMA/GAN

BlackBerry Enterprise Data Services Requirements

BlackBerry® Enterprise Server version 4.0 and 4.1
Allocation of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) or static IP addresses with routable paths:
- BlackBerry smartphone to the BlackBerry Router through TCP/IP on port 4101
- BlackBerry smartphone access to the DHCP server and Domain Name System (DNS) server
- If using network address translation (NAT), enable NAT traversal
Optional Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) based virtual private network (VPN) – routable path of the BlackBerry smartphone to the VPN concentrator through IPSec/TCP ports 4500 and 500

Supported IEEE® 802.11™ Access Points

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</td> <td style="border: 1px solid black;">IEEE 802.11a™</td> <td style="border: 1px solid black;">802.11b™ </td> <td style="border: 1px solid black;">802.11g™</td></tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid black;">Frequency</td> <td style="border: 1px solid black;">5 GHz </td> <td style="border: 1px solid black;">2.4 GHz </td> <td style="border: 1px solid black;">2.4 GHz</td></tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid black;">Maximum speed </td> <td style="border: 1px solid black;">54 Mbps </td> <td style="border: 1px solid black;">11 Mbps </td> <td style="border: 1px solid black;">54 Mbps</td></tr></tbody></table>
Supported wireless local area network (WLAN) Security Methods

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) (64-bit or 128-bit). For more information see KB13345.
Pre-Shared Key (PSK). For more information, see KB13346.
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (LEAP). For more information, see KB04151.
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) - Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) version 1/ Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (MS-CHAP) version 2. For more information, see KB13359.
EAP-PEAP version 1/ Extensible Authentication Protocol Generic Token Card (EAP-GTC)
Extensible Authentication Protocol Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS). For more information, see KB13359.
Extensible Authentication Protocol Tunneled Transport Layer Security (EAP-TTLS) /MS-CHAP version 2. For more information, see KB13359.
Extensible Authentication Protocol Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling (EAP-FAST). For more information, see KB13359.
Extensible Authentication Protocol Subscriber Identity Module (EAP-SIM). For more information, see KB13359.