User Guide

To move the saved network and change the order that your BlackBerry smartphone tries to connect to your saved
networks, click Move. Click a new location.
To delete the saved network, click Delete.
Related information
Options for saved Wi-Fi networks, 274
Prevent your smartphone from connecting to a saved Wi-Fi network
1. On the home screen, click the connections area at the top of the screen, or click the Manage Connections icon.
2. Click Wi-Fi Network > Saved Wi-Fi Networks.
3. Highlight a saved Wi-Fi network.
4. Press the key > Disable.
Turn on or turn off the prompt that appears for hotspots
By default, your BlackBerry smartphone prompts you if you're within range of a saved Wi-Fi network that appears to be a
hotspot. If you turn off these prompts, you can turn them on again.
1. On the home screen, click the connections area at the top of the screen, or click the Manage Connections icon.
2. Click Wi-Fi Network.
3.
Press the key > Options.
To turn on the prompt that appears for hotspots, select the Prompt me when a saved hotspot is found nearby
checkbox.
To turn off the prompt that appears for hotspots, clear the Prompt me when a saved hotspot is found nearby
checkbox.
4.
Press the key > Save.
Options for saved Wi-Fi networks
Common options
Option
Description
Name Type a display name for the Wi-Fi network.
SSID Type the Wi-Fi network name.
Security Type Set the security type that the Wi-Fi network supports.
Band type Set the Wi-Fi network type. If you don't know the network type, don't change this field.
SSID broadcasted Set whether the Wi-Fi network broadcasts its SSID.
Automatically obtain
IP address and DNS
Set whether your BlackBerry smartphone receives a routable IP address, a subnet mask, DNS settings,
and a gateway address from the Wi-Fi network.
Allow inter-access
point handover
Set whether your smartphone remains connected to the Wi-Fi network when you move between
wireless access points.
User Guide
Manage Connections
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