This has been an interesting thread to follow, thanks for posting it. APs are named with [Building]-[floor]-[room]-[jack/cable#]. For example, Beardlsy-1st-Room117-jack7-250-1. Building/floor/room help track down the AP in the feild and the jack is very helpful tracking down its connection in the wiring closet.
Controllers are [Building]-[role]-[number]. Role in this case is "master-active', 'master-standby' or 'local'. Aaron Smith Network Engineer ITS Swarthmore College Swarthmore College ITS staff will never ask you for your password, including by email. Please keep your passwords private to protect yourself and the security of our network. On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Norman Chu <norman....@mcgill.ca> 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/.
