Network Naming Conventions

Joe Greco jgreco at ns.sol.net
Mon Mar 15 14:19:33 UTC 2010


> So, for production network and server gear, I like domain names 
> built with city and site codes:
> site.city.domain

I don't think anyone's saying you can't also do that.  Using CLLI or
IATA or whatever alongside router names works fine, and using CNAME's
allows you to provide both a functional name and a hostname for your
device.

We've done this for many, many years, and it works fine.

... JG
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Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
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