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: Switches: [3 to 4 letter building code][N,S,E,W cardinal direction of closet if ther are multiple closets on the same level]-SWITCH-[A,B,C for the rack it is on in the closet] We share the building codes with facilities management. Well, most of them... some got off somehow. AP's [3 to 4 letter building code]-[room # on map from facilities mngt]-[AP for normal AP, APO for outdoor, APB for wireless bridge]-[A,B,C,D denoting multiple AP's in one room/hall, we go clockwise from the main entrance... which doesn't work very well] We only have three controllers, one a master, the other a controller, the last a test. Andy Voelker Network Technician/Wireless LAN Manager Davidson College From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Norman Chu Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 12:38 PM To: [email protected] 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: <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/.
