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Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Naming conventions for WLAN devices
We're looking for ideas to improve our current naming convention for network
devices.
For an access point, it currently consists of:
--ap
e.g. burnside-1-ap24
For controllers, we use:
wireless--wmc
e.g. wireless-
ming conventions for WLAN devices
We’re looking for ideas to improve our current naming convention for network
devices.
For an access point, it currently consists of:
--ap
e.g. burnside-1-ap24
For controllers, we use:
wireless--wmc
e.g. wireless-local1-wmc
(wmc = wireless mobility contro
This has been an interesting thread to follow, thanks for posting it.
APs are named with [Building]-[floor]-[room]-[jack/cable#]. For
example, Beardlsy-1st-Room117-jack7-250-1. Building/floor/room help
track down the AP in the feild and the jack is very helpful tracking
down its connection in
We use - (eg 100-170)
or - -
for rooms that have more than one AP in them (eg 166-144-1).
We got away from using building names many years ago because they keep
renaming that damned buildings every time a new donor wanted his name
associated with a building ( or an old donor went bankrupt
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Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Naming conventions for WLAN devices
We're looking for ideas to improve our current naming convention for network
d
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Hi
We dont actually have room numbers in our names because theres often
renovation work which might change the numerotation of the rooms.
We use the id of the building, closet number+ Letter for purpose +
sequential number.
We use the same recipe
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We do the following. Subnet = 3rd octect of ip
IP= 4th octect of IP
all gear is in the cc.buffalo.edu domain.
ex. AP 10.3.80.1 = wls-capen80-1.cc.buffalo.edu
Terminal Server tsx-(building)(subnet)-(IP#).cc.buffalo.edu
Switch on VLAN 1
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For an access point, it currently co
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Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Naming conventions for WLAN devices
We're looking for ideas to improve our current naming convention for network
devices.
For an access point, it currently consists of:
--ap
e.g. burnside-1-ap24
For controllers, we use:
wireless--wmc
e.g. wireless-local1-wmc
(wmc
Hello Norman --
We use the following naming convention for our 6000 APs, which helps us
identify quickly where it is and what switch it is connected to:
bldg#-networkcloset#-AP(closest room #)
For example, the AP in my office is named 224-3b-ap4439 and the switch that
handles that ap is called
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Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 11:38 AM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Naming conventions for WLAN devices
We're looking for ideas to improve our current n
We're looking for ideas to improve our current naming convention for network
devices.
For an access point, it currently consists of:
--ap
e.g. burnside-1-ap24
For controllers, we use:
wireless--wmc
e.g. wireless-local1-wmc
(wmc = wireless mobility controller)
For access points, we're thinking
bruary 02, 2016 11:38 AM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Naming conventions for WLAN devices
We're looking for ideas to improve our current naming convention for network
devices.
For an access point, it currently consists of:
--ap
e.g. burnside-1-ap24
For controlle
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Austin College
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Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Naming conventions for WLAN devices
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