APN Iliad, solve internet browsing problems

Iliad's amazing offers have moved a large number of users from traditional managers to the new transalpine manager. The first data of September say that the record figure of two million SIMs activated has been reached.

To understand the extent of this success, we must bear in mind that the marketing of SIMs only began in 2018 and it was a boom.

Despite the sudden growth, the French telephone operator has managed to cope, quite easily, with the technical and commercial needs of the customers.

However, some problems arose with the Iliad APN configuration.

Many users complain that they are unable to navigate with the new telephone provider. In this article the solution to the configuration problems of the smartphone to navigate with Iliad.

If you are also interested in the APN configurations of other telephone operators, read this dedicated article.

What is the APN?

The APN is a configuration string to be entered in the smartphone to allow internet browsing, via the data connection of your telephone offer.

Thanks to the APN (Access Point Network), the smartphone has a precise reference on the node to connect to to access the internet. Most of the time the APN is automatically added to the smartphone, by means of a self-configuring SMS that the telephone operator sends you as soon as you activate a new SIM.

In this regard, if you are an Iliad customer and have not received the configuration SMS message, you can request it by sending an SMS with the wording "conf" to 2049.

Manual APN Iliad configuration

Sometimes, however, the self-configuring SMS does not work. It is normal to happen on phone models that don't support this mode.

Sometimes it can happen even on more modern smartphones on which there shouldn't be any problems. The solution is manual configuration, these are the parameters.

These parameters must be entered in the APN configuration area of ​​your smartphone. There are many versions of Android, for this reason if you have this phone you may find the area in question in different ways. On the other hand, it is simpler for iPhones and Windows smartphones.

Android smartphone

iPhone phone

Windows Phone smartphone

In the area of ​​your smartphone dedicated to APNs you can create a new access point or modify one a pre-existing one (if you changed manager the old one you no longer need).

Don't forget to activate the new Iliad APN before exiting the settings.

Android app for Iliad APN configuration

Iliad is very attentive to user satisfaction. With this in mind, the telephone operator provides the MobileConfig app for configuring the APN.

At the moment the app is only available for Android and works from version 5.1 and up. MobileConfig automatically configures the Iliad APN. It is obvious that if you cannot access the data connection you may not be able to download it, in this case connect to a wireless network to download the app.

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