The LAN Administrator, along with the users. As already described, the last two parts of the name are fixed. The first two or three parts are available to be chosen within reason, and subject to prior reserva tions. The RFC discusses some reasonable sugges tions. The additional suggestion sheet contains a plan for each college that could help decide how names should be chosen.
Users often enjoy picking names for their computers.
They typically are only involved in picking the left-most part of the name. Experience has shown that the people closest to the computer do the best job of naming it. Future confusion will be avoided by following the recommendations in the plan. Choosing good names for computers makes everyone's life easier. System software often places additional restrictions on parts of names.