• Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioEnglish
    351·
    7 months ago

    My first networked computer, on an AppleTalk network was called “()/)/)()”

    It was an Apple Macintosh IIci.

    It had that name for less than five minutes. That’s how long it took the network manager to find me and demand that I rename it to something that didn’t appear at the top of the Chooser, since that’s where the ADMIN NetWare server should be.

    He suggested “ob1”, and that’s what it has been and continues to be for the past 32 years. My laptop became ob2.

    Servers under my custody are called short words, generally four characters or less unless they’re disposable and they don’t get a name beyond what the installation process creates.

    Edit: Oops, one too many slashes. Fixed.

    • refreeze@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      7 months ago

      Similar to my scheme:

      laptop = “laptop”
      nas = “nas”
      router = “router”

      Then if there are more than one in each category I use nas-0, nas-1, etc.

      • LifeBandit666@feddit.ukEnglish
        71·
        7 months ago

        I have a pi4b called pi4b, a server called Server, an OMV server called OMV and an ARR server called… Arr

        • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
          31·
          7 months ago

          I have proxmox called proxmox Docker called docker Postman called podman Router called router Storage called Snapraid but it’s not 4unning Snapraid anymore.

  • 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    191·
    7 months ago

    My stuff is named after planets / ships in Star wars.

    Server is coruscant

    Desktop is malastare

    Laptop is anaxes

    Portable hard drives are ships

  • elDalvini@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    161·
    7 months ago

    My router is called Jupiter, everything connected to it is named after a moon. Callisto, Ganymede, Thelxinoe, Kallichore are what I’m currently using.

  • *dust.sys@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    7 months ago

    My Proxmox server is called ARCADE and each VM is named after a game. Currently we have:

    • SpyHunter (PiHole and WireGuard VPN)
    • Pacman (Ubuntu Server w/ Dashy, Syncthing, Portainer, and NextCloud inside Docker)
    • MsPacMan (Ubuntu server for failover purposes. Still under construction)
    • CrazyTaxi (Windows Desktop)
    • MissleCommand (Linux Desktop)
    • MonkeyIsland (qBitTorrent)
      • *dust.sys@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        7 months ago

        I started with the 2D arcade game of course. Both 3D games (SpyHunter and SpyHunter: Nowhere to Run) are solid as well

        • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          7 months ago

          I’ve played the 2D very briefly, but it was before my time so I lack the nostalgia and interest. Seeing the car transform was freaking awesome at the time, so futuristic. I was a kid back then and obtaining all secondary objectives was legitimately hard, but provided replay value.

          I’d really like to see another, but I don’t know if whoever has the IP has any interest, or is even in business anymore.

  • Gutless2615@ttrpg.networkEnglish
    121·
    7 months ago

    This has big “lol tell me your mother’s maiden name and your first pet and I’ll tel you what Harry Potter house you belong to!” Energy.

  • WasPentalive@lemmy.oneEnglish
    111·
    7 months ago

    One place I worked we had a rule - do not name a server for any group using it. It seems the groups become territorial when you try to add a different group to “their” server.

  • flux@lemmyis.funEnglish
    101·
    7 months ago

    Lastname-Server

    I know, I’m boring. But at least my laptop and desktop have cool names:

    Firstname-Laptop

    Firstname-Desktop

    • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      7 months ago

      Yeah, I have Featherserver for my server, Featherbeast for my laptop (named because it has decent specs), and Featherphone for my phone.

      • flux@lemmyis.funEnglish
        21·
        7 months ago

        Forgot about the phone, you’ll never guess what I call that one…

        When you have a lot of devices like my family, it just makes everything easier to give descriptive names like that.

  • sunbeam60@lemmy.oneEnglish
    9·
    7 months ago
    • My self-hosted docker server is called Ark.
    • My NAS is called NAS.
    • The two remote servers are simply called the name of the country they reside in.
    • The OPNsense router is called, wait for it, Router.
    • The TV client is called TV.

    It’s not very colourful :)

  • scarecrow365@reddthat.comEnglish
    112·
    7 months ago

    I’m a Sysadmin, so my names are purely functional:

    host-pmx-01 through 03, my 3 node Proxmox cluster

    vm-[SERVICE], optional 01-03 if needed

    ct-[SERVICE], for LXC containers

    It makes it easy to reference things via DNS for service discovery.

    • felbane@lemmy.world
      English
      61·
      7 months ago

      There is no original thought.

      A friend of mine had some explaining to do when he screwed up a dhcp config change and started routing his guest wifi through his “personal” pihole instead of the restricted guest one (he had family/children over often and did not want to be the reason nephew Timmy got an eyeful of wet bush or a beheading).

      His family-friendly pihole was at holypi.lastname.local and his private one was creampi.lastname.local

  • richieadler@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
    91·
    7 months ago

    I use names of known computers or androids in fiction. My main computer is always Ralf (the computer built by Richie Adler in Whiz Kids), and my main phone is Lal (Data’s daughter). My girlfriend uses other franchises (GLaDOS, Wheatley, Marvin).