Instructions

AP Management
Stellar AP User Guide
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How to Replace a Current AP in Group
1. To replace the current PVM: Upgrade the SVM to the PVM before disconnecting the old PVM. Then
replace the old PVM with a new Stellar AP.
2. To replace the SVM or a MEMBER of the group: Disconnect and replace the SVM or member directly
with a new Stellar AP, users on other Stellar APs will not be affected.
How to Setup Wireless Networks With large scale of Stellar
APs
If you have more Stellar APs than a group specification, you can setup more than one AP group to provide
Wi-Fi service.
There are three methods to setup more than one AP group in the network:
Method one: Divide the Stellar APs into different subnets by changing the default VLAN of the switch ports
to which the Stellar APs connect; for example: subnet-A uses default VLAN 100 while subnet-B uses default
VLAN 200.
Method two: Setup up different group IDs for each AP group respectively. Perform the following steps:
1. Select the APs which you want to work in Group-A, plug in to the switch to build the first AP
group;
2. Browse to the Group-A management interface and change its group ID. (For example: change
the group ID from 100 to 8818), see in General Window.
3. Repeat the above process to setup Group B/C/etc.
Method three: Deploy Stellar AP with ALE OmniVista and scale up to 4000 AP in one network.
Note 6-3: Without Omni Vista management, each group is managed independently and roaming between groups
is not supported.
How to Configure the AP if There is No DHCP server
Case one: If the APs reboot and the DHCP server is not accessible, all the APs return to the system default
IP -192.168.1.254. This means there are duplicate IPs in the broadcast domain. All the APs work separately
as the PVM and broadcast the same WLANs. In this case, it is highly recommended to fix the DHCP sever in
the network and let the wireless service recover.
Case two: If you want to configure a single Stellar AP without a DHCP server, perform the following steps:
1. Connect the Stellar AP (default IP address is 192.168.1.254) to your configuring terminal
(laptop for example) directly with an Ethernet cable.
2. Specify a static IP address and a DNS sever for the network card of your laptop, for example: IP
Address - 192.168.1.100; Subnet Mask – 255.255.255.0; Default Gateway - 192.168.1.254; DNS
sever -192.168.1.254.