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1336168 2013-04-09 22:11:00 I have set up quite a few home pcs and small networks on Windows

If I get the network going its more by luck than skill.

What is the current best practice for naming PC's and Networks these days.
Digby (677)
1336169 2013-04-09 22:21:00 Personal preference :p

My computers are named after locomotives, for some reason.
pcuser42 (130)
1336170 2013-04-09 22:34:00 I use greek gods DeSade (984)
1336171 2013-04-09 22:38:00 I used Lord of the Rings characters for a while.... Now I stick with:
Chill-Desktop
Chill-Laptop
Wife-Desktop
Wife-Laptop
Fileserevr
Rpi
Spare-Desktop
Spare-Desktop2

Makes life REAL easy remembering what's what :p
Chilling_Silence (9)
1336172 2013-04-09 22:45:00 I used Lord of the Rings characters for a while.... Now I stick with:
Chill-Desktop
Chill-Laptop
Wife-Desktop
Wife-Laptop
Fileserevr
Rpi
Spare-Desktop
Spare-Desktop2

Makes life REAL easy remembering what's what :p

Well I suppose our NAS is named NAS... :p
pcuser42 (130)
1336173 2013-04-09 22:59:00 My PCs are named media PC and games PC. Stunningly original as you can see. dugimodo (138)
1336174 2013-04-09 23:48:00 OK some very professional names there.

I'm sure you'd all get jobs as network installers.

So what do you call your networks ?
Digby (677)
1336175 2013-04-09 23:49:00 "home". Seems appropriate I thought :D Chilling_Silence (9)
1336176 2013-04-09 23:50:00 Depends on the size of the firm, I use a site ( D from Dunedin, C for Christchurch) then type (D=desktop, L=laptop etc) then a number so a PC in CHCH name will be something like DC01. Bigger firms I worked for being along the lines of PDUDD0001 (Pacific region, Dunedin site, desktop, number 0001.) For servers I use the likes of DunExchange01. Alex B (15479)
1336177 2013-04-09 23:50:00 Lion
Tiger
Panther
Jaguar
Eagle
Hawk
The animals are all pretty powerful and I'm hoping that will inspire the PCs to reach their potential!
(Network is HOME1 - very original I'm sure!)
coldot (6847)
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