[clue-tech] Network devices in DNS

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My advice is to not rely on IP addresses at all, and go strictly by DNS.
Come up with a naming convention for your devices that makes sense, and
then put in DNS entries for them.

You should also make sure your device DNS is locally scoped, you don't
want everyone on the internet able to do reverse lookups on your addresses
and map your network. :) Split DNS is golden.

I completely agree that using loopbacks is the way to go.

> Hello everyone,
> So my boss says "What is the best way to identify network routers and
> switches within DNS?"
>
> My response is that you should practice managing the local loopback
> address of the routers.
>
> As for edge switches and the like, I just normally recommend that a
> procedure be followed that identifies a switch as the third address in
> the segment.  That's just an example, but the idea being that once you
> are familiar with you new network, you can always identify a switch by
> it's last octet.
>
> Do any of you have better advice for me?  Are there better best
> practices out there for management of lan switches and the like?
>
> Thanks,
> Rich
>
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