Okay Network Nerds - Machine naming Scheme

Hardware Hub Networking
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As it says above, what naming method or convention have you used to name the machines, servers, & VMs in you network (home or Office)?
I feel some Greek mythology and Star trek themes are a coming.

@Wendell is your laptop named Defiant?

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Physical servers according to their duty in increasing number ... so vm-host-001, vm-host-002, storage-001, storage-002, ....

VMs actually the same ... so vm-sql-01, vm-sql-02, vm-web-01, vm-web-02, ....

Personal machines used to be Nordic gods, but nowadays just my user name with -01 -02 attached XD

For home some funny names seem nice, but when you exceed a certain threshold your going to be happy to have speaking names.

Edit: I added the VM- to the vims, as I forgot that

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I used to do "mobo"-"OS" because all of them were different and mixed OSs, but then I got 3 of the same pc, so I stopped using it. Now I am naming similar to Th3z0ne, "purpose" and VMs are VM-"purpose". I don't have multiples for the same purpose, but I might just do the number at the end as well, when I run into that.

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I use what ever is the most easily understood.

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I started off with references to deus ex (helios, icarus, Daedalus, etc.) then it just kind of became whatever Greek names I liked the sound of.

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It depends on the size of your network.

When I was the systems admin for a 100 employee facility computer name was first name last initial excluding specialty machines. Servers were named on their role and vlan tag number. I.e. hypervhost352

At my job where it's over 250 employees just a physical location, role, and or number.

I.even. PanamaAcc15. Acc standing for accounting.

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I thought this was going to generate so more humorous responses. I'm not trying to solve a problem.

Like my mother in-law (60yrold prude) had do give the ISP my brother in-laws login password for something and it ended up being AnalSniper. The customer service agent didn't flinch.

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Well, probably those that feel talked to when you ask the "Network Nerds" have a more professional ... or have to have that ... approach to the things ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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My apologise, it was meant to be said with a light hearted tone and of kinship.

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Oh I did understand it that way ^^ my reply ain't meant bad either!

I meant that when you have to do enough with sysops, networking you end up using speaking names, instead of cool ones at some point.

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Everything is named after a wizardly thing. (Home network)

IE:
NAS - Lexicon
WAP - Scrying Orb
Router - Portis
Desktop - Oblivion
Proxmox - Book-of-Beasts
Laptop - Crystal Ball

As for work network I didn't get to choose, it varies year to year. Generally it's ([Location}-[user/function]-[model]).

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Oh, well. At home I use Encom as the computer name and user names are Flynn, Tron, or Clu.

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I typically go AI.

My main desktop is always HAL-9000...and I change the name whenever I get a new one so the main one is HAL, my primary laptop is similarly SAL-9000.

My servers and VM's are typically forerunner AI's form Halo. The only exception is when I make a VM for a specific, temporary purpose. In those cases I will usually name it after that purpose, like Sr. Design development VM last semester was named CS402 and used exclusively for that project.

My raspberry pi's and other embedded devices are cores from Portal.

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Flowers such as rose, camellia, etc.

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I used to call wireless APs "hermes-01"... and Switches "Hydra-01" ... and the gateway was called Charon ... the main PC was Zeus, the laptop was Hades,.... and so on ^^ so greek I also once used

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Doesn't matter as long as you limit it to 8 characters or less and start with a letter.
- and _ are the only special characters that should be allowed in a name
(LAN Manager DOS compatibility is for 9 characters of less, but there are lots of reasons to keep it shorter than 9)

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Some of the best naming schemes that I’ve incorporated include:

  • type (workstation, laptop, etc)
  • function (server, desktop, automation, etc)
  • alphanumeric increment
  • location (for static objects like desktops or servers)
  • IP address (you could incorporate the last octet in the name if you use static ip addressing for easy identification)

You want to make sure that each name is individual and specific so you can uniquely identify them on the network. Whether that be by Active Directory or LDAP.

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Name a single enterprise without Windows in it.

ProTip: you can't

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I named my dual E5-2670 machine "Krunkmeister" because it sounded awesome and Germanly un-German.

Cardboard 2.0 is named because it is the second cardboard computer I have built.

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