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.

If a BlackBerry® device requires the root certificate for the certificate authority, a client certificate, or both, you can distribute the certificates using BlackBerry® Desktop Manager. The BlackBerry device can add the certificates to the list of explicitly trusted certificate authority certificates or the list of client certificates.

1. On the user’s computer, right-click the certificate. Click Install certificate.
2. Click Next.
3. Click Place all certificates in the following store.
4. Click Browse.
5. Perform one of the following actions:
   • If you are distributing a root certificate, click Trusted Root Certification Authorities.
   • If you are distributing a client certficate, click Personal
6. Click OK.
7. Click Finish.
8. In the Security Warning dialog box, click Yes.
9. Connect the BlackBerry device to the BlackBerry Desktop Manager.
10. In the BlackBerry Desktop Manager, select the Certificate Synch tool.
11. Type a password that you can use as the keystore password.
12. Perform one of the following actions:
    • If you are distributing a root certificate, on the Root Certificates tab, select the certificate that you add to the certificate list on the BlackBerry device.
    • If you are distributing a client certificate, on the Personal tab, select the certificate that you want to add to the certificate list on the BlackBerry device.

If you do not configure the PEAP configuration settings using the BlackBerry® Administration Service, instruct users to configure the settings in the Wi-Fi® profile on the BlackBerry device.

1. On the BlackBerry device, in the device options, click Wi-Fi Connections.
2. Click the Wi-Fi profile that you want to configure.
3. Click Edit.
4. In the Security Type list, select PEAP.
5. Type the user name and password for the messaging server.
6. In the CA certificate list, click the certificate for the authentication server.
7. Select the Inner link security type.
8. If your organization does not use EAP-MS-CHAPv2, if necesssary, in the Token list, select the token type.
9. If necesssary, in the Server subject field, type the server name in the server certificate, in URL format (for example, server1.domain.com or server1.domain.net). If you leave the field blank, the BlackBerry device skips over it during server authentication.
10. If necesssary, in the Server SAN field, type the alternative name for the server, in URL format (for example, server1.domain.com or server1.domain.net). If you leave the field blank, the BlackBerry device skips over it during server authentication.
11. If your organization uses dynamic IP addresses, verify that the Automatically obtain IP address and DNS option is selected.
12. Verify that the Allow inter-access point handover option is selected.
13. If necesssary, select the Prompt before connection check box. If you do not select the check box, the BlackBerry device connects to an available wireless access point automatically.
14. If necesssary, select the Notify on authentication failure check box.
15. If necesssary, select the VPN profile.