Wi-Fi connections
- Wireless access families
- Retrieve the wireless access families that a BlackBerry device supports
- Determine if a BlackBerry device supports multiple wireless access families
- Determine the wireless access family transceivers that are turned on
- Turn on the transceiver for a wireless access family
- Turn off the transceiver for a wireless access family
- Check if the Wi-Fi transceiver is turned on
- Check if the Wi-Fi transceiver is connected to a wireless access point
- Retrieve the status of the wireless access point or the active Wi-Fi profile
You can let a BlackBerry® device application retrieve status information such as the data rate of the connection, the wireless LAN standards used (802.11a™, 802.11b™, or 802.11g™), the SSID of the associated access point, or the name of the Wi-Fi profile in use. The transceiver for the WLAN wireless access family must be connected to a wireless access point. - Open a Wi-Fi socket connection
The interface=wifi parameter applies only to TCP/UDP connections. To establish a Wi-Fi® connection and use a Wi-Fi API in a BlackBerry® device application, the wireless service provider must support Wi-Fi access. - Open a Wi-Fi HTTP connection
The interface=wifi parameter applies only to TCP/UDP connections. To establish a Wi-Fi® connection and use a Wi-Fi API in a BlackBerry® device application, the wireless service provider must support Wi-Fi access. - Open a Wi-Fi HTTPS connection
The interface=wifi parameter applies only to TCP/UDP connections. To establish a Wi-Fi® connection and use a Wi-Fi API in a BlackBerry® device application, the wireless service provider must support Wi-Fi access.
Parent topic: Creating connections