A BlackBerry device cannot open a VPN connection

Possible cause

Possible solution

The connection to the VPN concentrator is not configured correctly.

  • Verify that the VPN is turned on.
  • Ping the IP address of the VPN concentrator.
  • Verify that the VPN concentrator host name resolves to an IP address. If it does not, configure the VPN IP address.

The VPN authentication method is not configured correctly.

  • Verify that the VPN server supports the security parameters.
  • Verify that the VPN login information for the user account are correct.