Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar Room for Improvement

Attila Gyalus - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at TeloNet

I would prefer to have the integrated heat map feature provided by the basic controller in the Solution instead of purchasing an external one. Accessing this capability directly within the controller's access point would be convenient.


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AL
BDM (Technical) at Softprom by ERC

The current implementation of our Guest Access network in isolation for Express mode is very complicated in comparison with leading market solutions. It requires more experience and training to set up the correct configuration of NAT/PAT and to map the Guest access networks to VLAN. 

We need an implementation of a configuration wizard to configure isolated guest access networks or to set the network for an external isolated network for guests. 

For Enterprise mode, an automated VPN gateway deployment and configuration for remote AP deployment would be highly recommended.

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NadeemAhmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Director at Fi Pakistan Private Limited

If the customers plan to go on the cloud side, they need encryption and daily communications from a security perspective.

We're facing integration issues with it. Customers want to engage with their PA systems on WiFi  because they want to create certain, small zones where they can do announcements through the wireless.

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Kannan Venkatraman - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales manager at Dyarco Technology W.L.L

Better integration with third-party systems is what our customers are expecting in the future. For example, if they want to add four or five access points and they want to use Alcatel-Lucent, it will not work with an existing Cisco or Aruba product. This is a problem with other vendors, as well, because they use their own protocols that do not work with third-party products.

Essentially, we would like to see better interoperability with access points from other vendors. Multi-vendor installations will work alongside each other but will not work together. They will each be part of their own cluster. Ideally, we don't want multiple clusters. The protocols that they use should not be vendor-specific.

If all of the manufacturers supported interoperability then customers would not need to make an additional investment. Rather, their existing equipment can be used. This would be preferable to the situation as it is now.

An example of this is telephone systems that use the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). Any phone of any brand will work. If it supports this protocol then we can just connect it and use it. If the same thing were true with access points then we could mix and match without any problems.

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AT
Managing Director at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar's radio management side could be improved. A lot still needs to be done in this area. For example, if you deploy this kind of solution in a stadium, you need a lot of technical features on the radio management side to make it work.

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JM
System engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

It needs to be faster in order to process and transmit bigger packets. 

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it_user180294 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Specialist at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Maybe some features could be made for mobile WLAN corporate access and Access Point survivability when issues with the WLAN Controller and/or communication link issues.

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MR
CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

OmniVista 2500 managed Software defined Controller with OmniAccess Stellar AP1230 Series AP cost is very cheap compared to Cisco HW Controller or Cloud Controller or Virtual controller with Aironet 3800i AP. Besides, OmniVista 2500 manageability and AP performance is wonderful.

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JM
Sr. Tech-support network at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The solution needs to improve access for Mac and iOS devices.

There are occasional OS bugs.

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it_user835650 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO/COO at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees

The only area this product can grow is the web interface. It could be nicer and easier to use.

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it_user180273 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Engineer / Teacher with 51-200 employees

The GUI is a little bit slow. 

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it_user177027 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at a government with 51-200 employees

Simplification of the configuration processes and improvement of the maintenance software OmniVista 3600.

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