Dave Benham

CCIE (Wireless) #45171. Wi-Fi and RF enthusiast, both on and off the job. My tweets don't represent anything but my own insanity. @[email protected]

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

The #CiscoLive US 2026 session scheduler opens today for NetVets, and on April 21st for everyone else. If you're interested in learning about designing for the latest location services technologies, be sure to join my session: BRKEWN-2001! I look forward to seeing you there!

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

I’ve wanted to speak at @CiscoLive since I first attended as a partner in 2012. Tomorrow, in the same venue where I first attended, the wait will finally be over! I’m very grateful to have 3 sessions this week, speaking on topics I’m very passionate about! #CLUS

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

@RockstarWifi @samuel_clements @TheWLPC @mrncciew Wish I was there! Enjoy!

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

@WiFiJanitor Sounds like a case for home automation!

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

@FieldDayHunt @Wirelessnerd @TechFieldDay @Cisco To support the client location feature of AnyLocate, the client just needs to support 802.11mc, which many android clients do.

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

@Wirelessnerd @TechFieldDay @Cisco It’s an honor to have the opportunity to speak to the MFD delegates!

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

@DarchisNicolas @samuel_clements You left out some of the best parts! CW9800M is faster, uses less power, and supports 1,000 more APs than the C9800-40.

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

@samuel_clements Zip tie guns are amazing. I have an old one that I hope never dies

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

@SNMPguy This has always been one of my favorite sessions of the event, because of how informative it is. I wish I had been able to stick around later so I could attend!

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

@TheWLAN @GjermundRaaen @samuel_clements @Cisco Check back with me in a month or so, and see if I have anything exciting to report.

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

@SNMPguy I knew I should’ve brought 57 more phones with me!

[Jason Davis @SNMPguy]

That's a WRAP from #CiscoLive NOC. The total record-breaking Internet volume was 90.54 Terabytes.
Max 19,943 wireless clients. IPv6 averaged 50%

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

@SteveLilleyPA @jiribrejcha Unfortunately, none. We are using the Mandalay Bay APs, which are 3802s and 9104s.

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

We've seen a peak of just over 1500 concurrent 6GHz-capable client devices in the #CiscoLive event so far. That's about 8% of the overall connected devices!

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

@WiFiJanitor @petergjones @CiscoLive Am I doing this right?

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

I thought my favorite part of #CiscoLive was the interaction with customers and partners, until I met this sweet girl. 😀 What an awesome idea to have therapy dogs in the world of solutions! I still love you customers and partners but look at that face!

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

@mrTeigen @davidsamuelps Sadly, it was a 3802 so we do not have any particulate matter detection stats. Perhaps we should consider methane detection in the future? Lol

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

@SondreSandberg1 @samuel_clements @SNMPguy Good eye! This is Grafana.

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

@cantechit We have a new winner. One of the APs in the hallway right outside the doors to the keynote arena hit 200, as everyone was filing out of the keynote.

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

The #CiscoLive NOC team lurking in the shadows of the opening keynote, making sure the Wi-Fi was on point.

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

@cantechit The highest client count per AP that I've seen is 159... You're probably thinking it was during the keynote, but it is actually the AP in the designated charging room for the event tablets/phones!

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

@_bryan_ward_ We're detecting 6GHz capability from device probe requests, so we know how many are out there even if they aren't connecting on that band.

[Dave Benham @baldwifiguy]

@_bryan_ward_ Unfortunately, since we are using the Mandalay Bay (Cisco 3802 and 9104) APs for most of the conference, we aren't providing 6GHz connectivity to the masses.