I’ve ended up with a number of machines on my network, and a need to name them all in a somewhat logical way. For several years I had them named after the planets, which worked well until the PCs for myself, my girlfriend, servers and Raspberry Pi’s quickly summed up to more than the eight planets. I’ve broadened it somewhat to include any Greek/Roman mythological figure, but the system is definitely not as clean as it used to be.

Do you have a coordinated naming theme for your machines?

  • makanimike@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    mine would be quite simple and boring I suppose.

    • Mobile Devices are just named after their model (typically the default name it uses, e.g. Pixel 7)
    • Network equipment is named after its purpose and/or the model name. i.e. [brand] Router
    • gaming consoles are again just the default, which is more or less the model and perhaps a random string.
    • IoT devices are named after their purpose. i.e. ‘Weatherstation001’
    • Desktop clients and the intangible network stuff like SSID, workgroup are the only area where I get mildly creative. I take names from geography. Cities, mountain peaks, ocean currents. Generally something mildly connected to outdoor sports.