SkieCan I push Wi-Fi settings to all company devices?
Yes. Skie stores Wi-Fi profiles encrypted and applies them to devices, and Wi-Fi settings can then be locked so staff cannot join other networks. The Wi-Fi lock is optional. This works on Android 12 or newer phones and tablets, and a network check wizard tests the web filter on your site network.
Typing a Wi-Fi password into fifty tablets is slow, and everyone ends up with a different network saved. A shared profile fixes both.
In Skie, you create Wi-Fi profiles for your organisation, and they are stored encrypted. The Provision app also uses a Wi-Fi profile to pair and enrol a device over Wi-Fi, so a tablet in a new branch can join the right network from the start. Devices need internet while they are provisioned.
Locking Wi-Fi settings is an optional switch. When it is on, users cannot add, remove or change networks. That is useful for a warehouse or kiosk where only the site network should be used, and less useful for a field phone that has to join customer or guest Wi-Fi. Hotspot and tethering are blocked by default, so a device cannot be used to build its own side network, and mobile network settings can also be locked.
The network check wizard is worth running at each site. It tests whether the network lets the filtered DNS through. Some networks block the encrypted DNS port. In that case the device uses the network's DNS, and the dashboard flags it, so you know the filter is not fully in place on that Wi-Fi.
A practical tip: do not lock Wi-Fi until you have tested at least two sites. A password change on the router will otherwise strand the devices until you update the profile and they sync on mobile data.