We use this for APs: LIB3-L5-B6 LIB is the building. 3 is the floor. L5 identifies a square on a chessboard-style grid that is overlaid on the entire campus. Then, inside that square, there is another chessboard, on which you find square B6 to find the specific AP location.
Our controllers are really boring. Effectively "wism01" through "wism06" - creative, right? -- Hunter Fuller Network Engineer VBRH Annex B-1 +1 256 824 5331 Office of Information Technology The University of Alabama in Huntsville Systems and Infrastructure On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Norman Chu <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
