ignore initial APN

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Mathieu mathieu at xilan.net
Wed Aug 14 07:56:59 UTC 2019


Hi Domi,

Thanks for your answer.
I have a commercial epc that is able to do it: I can "ignore the initial 
APN", then set a default APN. This way, whatever the APN is configured 
in the UE, I can decide what APN is used. I was wondering if nextepc can 
do the same.
It's convenient in my case, because the end users must be able to change 
their ISP without reconfiguring their UE (in some case, they even don't 
have access to the UE configuration), and I dedicated one APN per ISP.



Regards,

Mathieu


Le 13/08/2019 à 16:56, Tomcsányi, Domonkos a écrit :
> Hi Matthieu,
>
> I might be wrong here, but I don’t think there is a way allowed in the standards to ignore the UE’s APN. That’s why you can end up even in commercial networks without mobile data access - not knowing the correct APN will make it impossible for the network to route your traffic. Most networks when you connect using an incorrect APN tend to send a text message containing the correct one to fix the issue in the UE.
>
> Naturally I’d assume there is a way to hack into nextEPC to ignore the UEs APN but I’d consider this a hack, not a real solution. I think it is better to make sure UEs are provisioned correctly.
>
> Just my 2cents worth of opinion :)
>
> Cheers,
> Domi
>
> 2019. aug. 13. dátummal, 11:35 időpontban Mathieu <mathieu at xilan.net> írta:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> I'm trying to setup nextepc to provide service for multiple ISPs with the same core network.
>>
>> Is there a way to ignore the APN configured in the UE, and rather use the one configured with the webui ?
>>
>> On the same topic, is it possible to restrict a UE to the apn configured with the webui ?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>




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