Hello list we are installing 2 new servers (to run asterisk) shortly, for a "stand alone" service. Ignoring our current naming convention, we'd like to name them something.. but we are not sure what. a consideration is that on the screens of the phones it shows extension@hostname (eg 3001@telephony) (all extensions are numeric) so the users will see it everyday i'm not creative in this way, it doesn't need to be a silly reference (like jarjar and anikin etc) per se but im curious what would you name them?
David John Walsh wrote:> i'm not creative in this way, it doesn't need to be a silly reference > (like jarjar and anikin etc) per se > > but im curious > > what would you name them?Eniac, Enigma, Minerva, Penelope, HomePABX, NZServer and Collosus are a few of mine :) -- Cheers, Matt Riddell _______________________________________________ http://www.sineapps.com/news.php (Daily Asterisk News - html) http://www.sineapps.com/rssfeed.php (Daily Asterisk News - rss)
David John Walsh wrote:>Hello list > >we are installing 2 new servers (to run asterisk) shortly, for a >"stand alone" service. Ignoring our current naming convention, we'd >like to name them something.. but we are not sure what. > >a consideration is that on the screens of the phones it shows >extension@hostname (eg 3001@telephony) (all extensions are numeric) so >the users will see it everyday > >i'm not creative in this way, it doesn't need to be a silly reference >(like jarjar and anikin etc) per se > >but im curious > >what would you name them? > >How about "lameass" and "question"? This is the asterisk-users list. There are people on this list who need help with *important* things.
David John Walsh wrote:>Hello list > >we are installing 2 new servers (to run asterisk) shortly, for a >"stand alone" service. Ignoring our current naming convention, we'd >like to name them something.. but we are not sure what. > >I'd use constellations and star names. There are enough of them to ensure infinite scalability :) Other ideas: volcanos, greek mythology names, cyclons names... -- Ykoz Un Max - La VoIP en pr?-pay?! Essayez gratuitement - 5 cr?dits offerts. ---> http://ykoz.net/voip/max <---
Naming Conventions for Asterisk Hostnames, ..... Sounds like a Wiki page idea. What is the maximum length of a hostname that will display on all the phones and different displays, do some letters or numbers display baddly on some phones? User@Ionley is not such a good idea as it is "i onley" not lonley what is the smallest screen on any phone that could display this name? 20 CHARS? On 5/10/05, David John Walsh <davidjohnwalsh@gmail.com> wrote:> Hello list > > we are installing 2 new servers (to run asterisk) shortly, for a > "stand alone" service. Ignoring our current naming convention, we'd > like to name them something.. but we are not sure what. > > a consideration is that on the screens of the phones it shows > extension@hostname (eg 3001@telephony) (all extensions are numeric) so > the users will see it everyday > > i'm not creative in this way, it doesn't need to be a silly reference > (like jarjar and anikin etc) per se > > but im curious > > what would you name them? > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >-- <sig> Andrew Latham - AKA: LATHAMA (lay-th-ham-eh) WWW: http://lathama.com Email: lathama@lathama.com - lathama@yahoo.com - lathama@gmail.com If any of the above are down we have bigger problems than my email! </sig>
On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 10:09 -0500, Andrew Latham wrote:> Naming Conventions for Asterisk Hostnames, .....For an internal historical reason all ours come from the legends of Robin Hood. I used to work with a bunch of Lord of the Rings readers and all the machine names came from there. It always makes a good light discussion point. -- Dave Cotton <dcotton@linuxautrement.com>
Personally, I always liked.... TuxPBX.SomeDOmain.com As for Greek and Roman Gods of communication... Mercury for the Romans... Hermes for the greeks. He was Zeus' messenger.... For large growth systems, country names are very popular. Otherwise, simple names of whatever fictional group makes yo happy is cool. X-men characters for example or maybe Star Wars planets or whatever works.... Have fun, W -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of David John Walsh Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 7:59 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] What do you name yours I quite like the idea that came about earlier with regards to Romand and Greek gods, I am thinking (if I ever get off the phone to google today) of findind the roman and greek gods of communication......
We bought one of those books on the worst cars ever made...every page has great names... PaulH -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Dave Cotton Sent: Thursday, 12 May 2005 1:41 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion; Andrew Latham Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] What do you name yours On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 10:09 -0500, Andrew Latham wrote:> Naming Conventions for Asterisk Hostnames, .....For an internal historical reason all ours come from the legends of Robin Hood. I used to work with a bunch of Lord of the Rings readers and all the machine names came from there. It always makes a good light discussion point. -- Dave Cotton <dcotton@linuxautrement.com> _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users CAUTION: This email message and accompanying data may contain information that is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or data is prohibited. If you have received this email message in error, please notify us immediately and erase all copies of this message and attachments. Thank you. CAUTION: This email message and accompanying data may contain information that is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or data is prohibited. If you have received this email message in error, please notify us immediately and erase all copies of this message and attachments. Thank you.
And let us not forget 'can someone write a dialplan for me cos I'm a newbie' Later, PaulH -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Kohlsmith Sent: Wednesday, 11 May 2005 11:14 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] What do you name yours On May 10, 2005 09:13 pm, Paul wrote:> How about "lameass" and "question"? This is the asterisk-users list. > There are people on this list who need help with *important* things.I'm happy to see the odd discussion like this, instead of the usual "What is the BARE MINIMUM I NEED to install Asterisk," "Broadvoice is down again!" and "I don't want to pay for g729, where is the free version" crap. Asterisk-users has no specific topic, aside from asterisk-related discussion. So yes, take your attitude and blow it right out your arse. -A. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users CAUTION: This email message and accompanying data may contain information that is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or data is prohibited. If you have received this email message in error, please notify us immediately and erase all copies of this message and attachments. Thank you. CAUTION: This email message and accompanying data may contain information that is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or data is prohibited. If you have received this email message in error, please notify us immediately and erase all copies of this message and attachments. Thank you.
Mine is named spike... On Thu, 12 May 2005, Paul Hales wrote:> We bought one of those books on the worst cars ever made...every page has great names... > > PaulH > > -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Dave Cotton > Sent: Thursday, 12 May 2005 1:41 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion; Andrew Latham > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] What do you name yours > > On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 10:09 -0500, Andrew Latham wrote: >> Naming Conventions for Asterisk Hostnames, ..... > > For an internal historical reason all ours come from the legends of Robin Hood. I used to work with a bunch of Lord of the Rings readers and all the machine names came from there. > > It always makes a good light discussion point. > > > -- > Dave Cotton <dcotton@linuxautrement.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > CAUTION: This email message and accompanying data may contain information that is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or data is prohibited. If you have received this email message in error, please notify us immediately and erase all copies of this message and attachments. Thank you. > CAUTION: This email message and accompanying data may contain information that is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or data is prohibited. If you have received this email message in error, please notify us immediately and erase all copies of this message and attachments. Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 05:40:57PM +0200, Dave Cotton wrote:> On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 10:09 -0500, Andrew Latham wrote: > > For an internal historical reason all ours come from the legends of > Robin Hood. I used to work with a bunch of Lord of the Rings readers > and all the machine names came from there. > > It always makes a good light discussion point.So far we have only installed singular machines for clients. So I name them palantir. I wanted a good name that I could reuse and it would make sense. So we have palantir@ourloc.com and palantir@customer1.org and palantir@customer2.com, etc... Seemed like a cool thought at the time... -- -M There are 10 kinds of people in this world: Those who can count in binary and those who cannot.
In my varied career, I've named servers after: Composers (until I realised people couldn't spell "Tchaikovsky") Film directors (ditto for "Kieslowski") Streets of Vancouver (cuz that's where I was) Rivers of Australia (cuz that's where I am) On 11/05/05, David John Walsh <davidjohnwalsh@gmail.com> wrote:> > Hello list > > we are installing 2 new servers (to run asterisk) shortly, for a > "stand alone" service. Ignoring our current naming convention, we'd > like to name them something.. but we are not sure what. > > a consideration is that on the screens of the phones it shows > extension@hostname (eg 3001@telephony) (all extensions are numeric) so > the users will see it everyday > > i'm not creative in this way, it doesn't need to be a silly reference > (like jarjar and anikin etc) per se > > but im curious > > what would you name them? > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >-- thinger@gmail.com is jurgen's gmail address. Visit http://jurgen.ca/ for more yummy goodness. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20050512/488ab876/attachment.htm
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Diliberto [mailto:ken@kdmd.net]> On the surface, naming may sound trivial. When you're > dealing with users > and people paying your salary/consulting fees, it's not. > Offending the > wrong person because you named the server "Nag", "Chatterbox", > "ETPhoneHome", etc. can be very costly. > > You could use some of the following: > > PhoneSystem > PhoneManager > PhoneVoiceMail > CompanyPhoneI named mine "dialtone". I try to give machines here names that relate to their purpose, but ones that aren't *too* software-specific, because renaming machines can be a pain. (For example, I'm reluctant to give names like "asterisk" or "squid" to machines, because what if I switch to some other package later?) I also came in when some machine names had already been established, so I didn't really have the option of using a cute, consistent scheme like some places do. So, for example, we have a proxy server named "gatekeeper", firewalls named "drawbridge" and "portcullis", and an AutoDesk Inventor Vault server named "edison". My users seem to be able to remember the names when they need to, which is the important thing.