Cellular payload settings for Apple devices
You can configure access point network (APN) settings to define how your device connects to the provider network for users of iPhone devices enrolled in a mobile device management (MDM) solution. Use the Cellular payload to change an iPhone device’s APN and cellular (mobile data) network proxy settings, which define how the device connects to the provider’s network. Change these settings only if instructed to do so by a carrier network expert. If these settings are incorrect, the device can’t access data using the mobile network. To undo a change to these settings, remove the profile from the device.
OS and channel | Supported enrolment types | Interaction | Duplicates |
|---|---|---|---|
iOS | Device Automated Device | Exclusive | Single |
Setting | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
APN types | Manage the default APN, the data APN, or both. | Yes |
Default APN name | The name of the default APN. | Yes |
Default APN authentication type | Choose from Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) or Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP). | Yes |
Default APN username and password | The username and password for the default APN account. iOS supports APN usernames and passwords of up to 64 characters. | No |
Default APN supported IP versions | Set the voice protocols to these settings:
| Yes |
Data APN name | The name of the data APN. | Yes |
Data APN authentication type | Choose from Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) or Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP). | Yes |
Data APN username and password | The username and password for the data APN account. iOS supports APN usernames and passwords of up to 64 characters. | No |
Data APN proxy server | The IP address or fully qualified domain name (FQDN) and port number of the data APN proxy server. | No |
Data APN supported IP versions | Set the data protocols to these settings:
| Yes |
Data APN supported roaming IP versions | Set the roaming data protocols to these settings:
| Yes |