Single SIM card with dual APNs support

[saad.akhun2]

Do we have a feature in Cisco ISR-1000 series LTE/5G router, where a dual APNs support (from single service provider) is available on a single SIM card?

[Leo Laohoo]

ISR 1100 support dual SIM

[saad.akhun2]

Thank you Leo. But I'm interested to know about the Dual APN support in Single SIM.

[pieterh]

within the router you can create multiple dialer profiles with a different APN configured

but you can use only one-at-a-time!

This is not a limitation of the Cisco devices, but how mobile network providers work.
your SIM is attached to a certain provider and the provider has an APN for you
- I never heard of a mobile provider that offers multiple APN's
- and with SIM of provider-1 connecting to APN of provider-2 will not be possible
  (your SIM need to be within the same network as the APN)

- for some provider switch you need to load specific firmware in the modem

-> result:  not possible

[saad.akhun2]

Thank you for your response. However, some cellular carriers offer a dual APN feature that allows a SIM card to be provisioned with two separate APNs that can be used simultaneously. In order to segregate the production and management traffic. Or Public and Private traffic.

[pieterh]

never too late to learn,   interesting to hear providers with multiple APN's do exist.