Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar offers scalability, centralization, and redundancy enabling robust management. Users appreciate the Captive Portal, Spectrum Monitor, and CLI alongside advanced features like AAA with Radius, QoS, and built-in site-survey tools. Its software-defined controller surpasses hardware alternatives, providing ease and quality. It excels in BYOD integration, offers cost-effective deployment, seamless VLAN mapping with ALE switches, perpetual OmniVista licenses, straightforward setup, and architectural distribution, outperforming competitors like Cisco in user capacity, performance, and pricing.
- "I have not seen any downtime in the tool."
- "The solution allows you to see the SNMP packets, the DPI packets, and the SNMP server."
- "I have worked with different solutions in the past and switched to Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar because of its quick installation time. It requires no additional preparation.The product is highly stable. I rate it a nine out of ten.The support of this solution is great. The timeliness of their responses is crucial for me. When I raise an issue, I can count on receiving a prompt reply, eliminating the need for extensive online searches or phone calls."
Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar requires enhancements in configuration simplification and maintenance software OmniVista 3600. Improvements are needed for GUI speed, packet processing, and Mac/iOS access. Integration with third-party systems and support for multi-vendor interoperability are lacking. Guest network setup is complex and requires more automation. The radio management side needs advancements for large deployments. Integrated features like heat maps and better third-party software compatibility are requested, along with a preference for on-premises hardware architecture.
- "Most customers are asking for an on-premises hardware architecture while it is available as a software-based architecture."
- "It is not possible to integrate Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar with third-party software like Opera, a property management system (PMS)."
- "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."