01 / 06 · Baseline
Every switch under the radios is a 2960-X.
Nine access switches feed O'Connell. 30W PoE+. 1G uplinks. Classic IOS 15.x. AP refresh without switch refresh leaves Wi-Fi 7 at half-throttle.
0%
Wi-Fi 5 share
0
access points
Card 02 / 06 · Power ceiling
30W PoE+
Wi-Fi 7 APs need the 60W budget to run the full feature set without constrained mode.
Limit · IEEE 802.3at · 30W per port
Card 03 / 06 · Uplink ceiling
1G access
The radio can advertise Wi-Fi 7; the wired path still throttles the experience. Even if Wi-Fi 7 negotiates 320 MHz channels, the 1G access link caps real throughput.
Limit · 1G access · pre-mGig generation
Zone inventory · Wi-Fi 5 @ 95.5%
SIGNAL · LIVE
Five zones, one ceiling.
0
Total APs · Cisco estate
0Bowl 63.7% · dominates223
[Source: UF NetOps inventory · Q1 audit · DNAC cross-checked]
Active · cutover in flight
Venue scope · UF Athletics
Arena.
O'Connell + Florida Gymnasium — first venue UF runs on Wi-Fi 7.
0
access points · scope
Hardware
CW9176I-B + 9172I-BSwitch refresh
~25 ×
C9300X-48HXCutover window
Pre-basketball · Summer 2026
Trade-in (TMP)
301 APs · CCW credit
Driver
First Wi-Fi 7 cutover under a single CW9800H2 control plane. One refresh, one identity ramp, one observability surface.