JBear
join:2005-02-24
canada | Network Naming Scheme Hi guys,
I'm just interested what's your naming scheme for your home network?
I'm changing mine to a Star Trek theme.
Network Name - The Federation
Wired - Main Federation Planets
Laptops/Tablets - Maybe Space Stations? Any ideas?
Cell Phones - Federation Ships |
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 KilroyPremium,MVM
join:2002-11-21
Ann Arbor, MI | Pretty boring here. Don't have a network name, unless you count SSID which is Kilroy. Machines are named user-OS. Comes from doing IT all day.
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LLigetfa
join:2006-05-15
Fort Frances, ON
kudos:1 | Beam me up, Scotty. There's no intelligent life here.
Whatever names the computers come with by default works for me. I get enough of naming conventions foisted on me at work.
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Desktop --> Desktop
Laptop --> Laptop
File Server --> File Server
Printer --> Printer
Me likes to keep it simple.
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If you can remember special names for each device go nuts have fun.
I like to keep it simple and use the device model number. I also have some obvious ones, basement, server, printer... |
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i prefer company names like:
Stinkpad
Perspiron
h-pee
seasko
Leakysis
DingDong
LessG
00gle
Jahoo
FiOSreports
toporolla
etc.. |
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 psafuxPremium,VIP
join:2005-11-10
kudos:2 | reply to JBear
At home: descriptor for system combined with name of whomever uses the system most. XPS_Psafux for one of my laptops for example. I also have network address reservation configured on my router. Makes it easy when I dig through network logs.
At work: each device is given a unique 7 digit computer name. 250,000 devices are a little different to keep track of than 12 though. |
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Gee, no geeks at heart here? I'm shocked!
I named my gear after anime series and characters myself.
said by JBear:Laptops/Tablets - Maybe Space Stations? Any ideas? »en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Space_station
»en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Fixed_installations
said by JBear:Cell Phones - Federation Ships USS Endeavor. The most talked about but never seen ship in Star Trek lore. 
Regards |
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to JBear
Network Name - Trinity Site
Wired 1 - Fatman
Wired 2 - Littleboy
Laptop 1 - BocksCar (it would have a space to be proper but windows is lame and wont allow it)
Laptop 2 - Enolagay
I consider my network a nuclear family....
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JBear
join:2005-02-24
canada | reply to HELLFIRE
I know! That is what I was thinking Hellfire. But I suppose a lot of people here work on business networks where a naming scheme isn't really efficient.
I've named my Galaxy SII cell phone the "USS Enterprise" since she was a Galaxy class starship. |
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LLigetfa
join:2006-05-15
Fort Frances, ON
kudos:1 | said by JBear:I suppose a lot of people here work on business networks where a naming scheme isn't really efficient.
They are efficient, just not flamboyant.
The standard I use for workstations at work is:
2 character BU code followed by two digit year code followed by two digit sequential number. This limits the deployment of no more than 99 computers at this BU per year. We recently adopted a 3 character BU code but there is no compelling reason for me to switch as of yet since there is no ambiguity with my 2 character BU code.
Our servers have a much more complex naming convention that I won't bother explaining.
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Easy, I name them after Pokemon.
The best part about that is I can have my DHCP server assign IP addresses that correspond to the Pokemon IDs.
eg:
Venusaur -> 192.168.5.3 |
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 NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny YoursPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI | reply to JBear
I have always named mine after the game "Descent" objects. For instance, Pyro is my desktop. MatDef is the server for "Material Defender".
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 cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:7 | reply to annoyingrob
You're either just a kid (relatively speaking), or you have WAY to much interest in Pokemon. 
I name most of the computers after Star Wars characters.
Yoda - WHS
Skywalker - My laptop
Leia - Wife's laptop
Vader - Kids laptop
Jabba and Solo - HTPCs
R2D2 & C3P0 - Mobile phones
I probably should change our printer's name to DotMatrix in homage to Spaceballs, but it's always just been the model MX700. |
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| said by cdru:You're either just a kid (relatively speaking), or you have WAY to much interest in Pokemon. I'm 27, I just wanted a naming scheme that nobody in their right mind would ever want to use |
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| said by annoyingrob:I'm 27, I just wanted a naming scheme that nobody in their right mind would ever want to use :)
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[you]"Oh, I have to go get Herpes now..."
[your roommate]WTF?!
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[your roommate] WTF?! pt 2
Make a heckuva conversation opener.
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said by adam9280:Desktop --> Desktop
Laptop --> Laptop
File Server --> File Server
Printer --> Printer
Me likes to keep it simple.
hehe, i have 2 workstations and a laptop. one is named "desktop" and the laptop "laptop". and yes, my printer is named "printer". my nas is "nas", my boxee is "boxee", and my AMD phenom workstation is named "phenom". |
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 THZNDUPDeorum Offensa Diis CuraePremium
join:2003-09-18
Lard
kudos:2 | Let me guess, your dog is named..................give me a minute....................... I'll get it................almost there...................
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