Creating Wi-Fi profiles
You can use Wi-Fi profiles to specify how devices connect to a work Wi-Fi network within the firewall. You can assign Wi-Fi profiles to users or groups.
Create a Wi-Fi profile
The required profile settings vary for each device type and depend on the Wi-Fi security type and authentication protocol that you select. For more information about the profile settings for each device type, see the BES10 Cloud Policy and Profile Reference Guide.
Before you begin:
- If any devices use certificate-based authentication for work Wi-Fi connections, create a CA certificate profile and assign it to users. For iOS or Android devices, also create a shared certificate profile and assign it to users.
- If BlackBerry 10 or iOS devices use a proxy server for work Wi-Fi connections, create a proxy profile.
- If BlackBerry 10 devices use a VPN for work Wi-Fi connections, create a VPN profile.
- On the menu bar, click Policies and Profiles.
- Click the + icon beside Wi-Fi.
- Type a name and description for the Wi-Fi profile. This information is displayed on devices.
- In the SSID field, type the network name of the Wi-Fi network.
- If the Wi-Fi network does not broadcast the SSID, select the Hidden network check box.
- Optionally, clear the check box for any device type that you do not want to configure the profile for.
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Perform the following actions:
- Click the tab for a device type.
- Configure the appropriate values for each profile setting to match the Wi-Fi configuration in your environment. If your organization requires that users provide a username and password to connect to the Wi-Fi network and the profile is for multiple users, type %UserName% in the Username field.
- Repeat step 7 for each device type in your organization.
- Click Add.