Instructions
Connecting AP Group via Web Browser
Stellar AP User Guide
ALCATEL-LUCENT ENTERPRISE 12
3 Connecting AP Group via Web Browser
Prerequisites for Setting up and Accessing AP Group
• Connect all APs to switch and power up.
• Ensure that a DHCP server is present and accessible in the network. The AP group uses an external
DHCP server for IP address management of the access points and the wireless clients.
• Ensure that a DNS server is available in the network, which helps to parse the web URL used to access
the AP. (Refer to Note 3-1)
• It is recommended that your configuring terminal should have a compatible operating system and
browser.
Recommended OS
Recommended Browser
Windows 7
Window 8
Window 10
MAC OS X 10.10
MAC OS X 10.11
Google Chrome 48 and later
Mozilla Firefox 48 and later
Internet Explorer 11 and later
After above prerequisites are met, proceed to: Connect to pre-defined SSID and browse URL.
Note 3-1: The process of connecting to a single AP through web is same as connecting to AP group.
Note 3-2: It is recommended to connect only one AP at a time to the network and complete the configuration,
then plug in other APs one by one to synchronize the configurations.
Connect to Pre-defined SSID and Browse URL
The ALE WLAN solution is based on a cluster architecture. A maximum of 255 APs are supported in one AP
cluster/group. All APs have the same cluster ID that uniquely defines the AP group and all APs have to be in
the same VLAN because the communication between group members is based on multicast. The group will
select the Primary Virtual Manager (PVM) and Secondary Virtual Manager (SVM) based on AP model and MAC
address, more details refer to PVM/SVM Election and AP Group Scalability. The PVM is responsible for the
group management, such as configuration synchronization, usage data statistics, firmware upgrading, etc.
and the SVM is the backup of the PVM. By default, the AP group will advertise the pre-defined SSID ‘mywifi-
xxxx’ and you can connect to ‘mywifi-xxxx’ to browse the AP group GUI through http://mywifi.al-
enterprise.com:8080 to the initializing wizard. After you complete Using the Initializing Wizard, the SSID
‘mywifi-xxxx’ will be deleted. (‘xxxx’ is the last two bytes of PVM’s MAC address)
Note 3-3: Besides the HTTP login method (port 8080), you can also login to the web manager using HTTPS
protocol with the URL https://mywifi.al-enterprise.com , more details please refer to Web management with
HTTPS
Note 3-4: If there is no DNS server in the network, you can connect to the AP group directly using the IP address of any
AP in the group, accessing “http://a.b.c.d:8080”. (a.b.c.d is the AP’s IP address)