RE: Naming conventions for WLAN devices

Does anyone else have a convention that produces some humorous results? We have a Sloan building, first floor which is called "SLO1-switch". Fortunately, it is a gigabit, so the name doesn't hold up. There is also a BAKE-switch, CHIN-switch, and a USB switch. Our convention is as follows:

RE: Naming conventions for WLAN devices

Our current convention is generally --AP[- apNumber] We generally abbreviate building names and only use apNumber if there is more than one AP in a room. For example, “GH-2645-AP225” is an AP-225 access point located in Green Hall room 2645. When we started or AP refresh, we started

Re: Naming conventions for WLAN devices

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

RE: Naming conventions for WLAN devices

Our access points are ap--- where is a three digit building number (a very few buildings have letters because there isn't an official building number) We don't use room numbers because a) most buildings don't have room numbers on the doors so you still have to look at a plan b) interior

RE: Naming conventions for WLAN devices

Hi We don't actually have room numbers in our names because there's 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 for cameras, switches and the like changing

RE: Naming conventions for WLAN devices

We're a small school, so we can be fairly simplistic. APs are named for the building they are in along with the room number they are in or the room number they are closest to. In some cases, it's not a number but a name, so you will see names such as Vaughn-101 JaneFreeman-204

RE: Naming conventions for WLAN devices

We likewise use a similar naming convention to that used by Austin College (see below). We do, however, separate the building abbreviation from the room number with a dash and also follow the room number with a dash if a direction, an AP count (in a really dense deployment), or if an "-H" is

RE: Naming conventions for WLAN devices

Everyone seems pretty similar, we have a campus added to ours though. For all equipment it's 4 sections Campus-building/datacentre-location(room/rack/workstation)-role For multiple AP's in 1 room we try and use a compass .. n=north, nw=north west etc. Each AP is stickered with it's name Role .

RE: Naming conventions for WLAN devices

WAPs --ap Example: nucl-1035-ap3502i Wireless Controllers: We only have these in our main data centers, so it is easy. _WISM_ NUCL_WISM_2 Access Switches ---asw- Example: nucl-106-3560e-asw-1 If you are planning to include the model number, have a discussion around whether you want to

RE: Naming conventions for WLAN devices

Norman, AP's We use: - - AP Type - last six of the AP's MAC. e.g. Bibb-101-ap7532-123456 Contollers We use: - last six of the MAC - < M for Master or S for Secondary>. We only have two controllers. e.g. NX7500-123456-M We do a similar naming convention for our switches. We use the

RE: Naming conventions for WLAN devices

We do something similar to what you are thinking of. With a smaller campus, we have an IT standard 3-letter naming convention for all buildings (e.g. LIB might mean library, etc). This is used across IT for naming (printers, switches, APs, etc). Then, like you, room number and an optional