We're looking for ideas to improve our current naming convention for network 
devices.

For an access point, it currently consists of:
<buildingName>-<floornumber>-ap<arbitrarynumber>
e.g. burnside-1-ap24

For controllers, we use:
wireless-<its role>-wmc
e.g. wireless-local1-wmc
(wmc = wireless mobility controller)

For access points, we're thinking of adding location info instead of the 
arbitrary number, so something like: burnside-1-ap101a where 101a is the first 
AP in room 101 (101b would be the second AP, etc.)

Switches: burnside-sw1, burnside-sw2
UPS's: burnside-ups-1, burnside-ups2-1
PoE midspans: burnside-poe-1, burnside-poe2-1

What do other organizations use for naming conventions for their network 
devices?

Thanks.

Norman Chu
Network Analyst - Network Infrastructure group
Systems Engineering - McGill NCS
(514) 398-7299


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