A host computing device (100, 112, 600), comprising: a logic subsystem; and a storage subsystem holding instructions executable by the logic subsystem to: receive, from a separate electronic device, a current local identifier of the separate electronic device; receive, from the separate electronic device, a full unique identifier of the separate electronic device; and assign (208, 212), to the separate electronic device, a host-specific local identifier, by performing one of the following two determining steps: based at least in part on determining that the current local identifier of the separate electronic device is available for assignment by being included in a set of local identifier values available for assignment by the host computing device (100, 112, 600), assigning the host-specific local identifier to the separate electronic device with a same local identifier value as the current local identifier; and based at least in part on determining that the current local identifier of the separate electronic device is not available for assignment by being already assigned by the host computing device (100, 112, 600) to a different separate electronic device having a different full unique identifier, selecting the host-specific local identifier from the set of local identifier values available for assignment by the host computing device (100, 112, 600), and assigning the selected host-specific local identifier to the separate electronic device. a logic subsystem; and a storage subsystem holding instructions executable by the logic subsystem to: receive, from a separate electronic device, a current local identifier of the separate electronic device; receive, from the separate electronic device, a full unique identifier of the separate electronic device; and assign (208, 212), to the separate electronic device, a host-specific local identifier, by performing one of the following two determining steps: based at least in part on determining that the current local identifier of the separate electronic device is available for assignment by being included in a set of local identifier values available for assignment by the host computing device (100, 112, 600), assigning the host-specific local identifier to the separate electronic device with a same local identifier value as the current local identifier; and based at least in part on determining that the current local identifier of the separate electronic device is not available for assignment by being already assigned by the host computing device (100, 112, 600) to a different separate electronic device having a different full unique identifier, selecting the host-specific local identifier from the set of local identifier values available for assignment by the host computing device (100, 112, 600), and assigning the selected host-specific local identifier to the separate electronic device. receive, from a separate electronic device, a current local identifier of the separate electronic device; receive, from the separate electronic device, a full unique identifier of the separate electronic device; and assign (208, 212), to the separate electronic device, a host-specific local identifier, by performing one of the following two determining steps: based at least in part on determining that the current local identifier of the separate electronic device is available for assignment by being included in a set of local identifier values available for assignment by the host computing device (100, 112, 600), assigning the host-specific local identifier to the separate electronic device with a same local identifier value as the current local identifier; and based at least in part on determining that the current local identifier of the separate electronic device is not available for assignment by being already assigned by the host computing device (100, 112, 600) to a different separate electronic device having a different full unique identifier, selecting the host-specific local identifier from the set of local identifier values available for assignment by the host computing device (100, 112, 600), and assigning the selected host-specific local identifier to the separate electronic device. based at least in part on determining that the current local identifier of the separate electronic device is available for assignment by being included in a set of local identifier values available for assignment by the host computing device (100, 112, 600), assigning the host-specific local identifier to the separate electronic device with a same local identifier value as the current local identifier; and based at least in part on determining that the current local identifier of the separate electronic device is not available for assignment by being already assigned by the host computing device (100, 112, 600) to a different separate electronic device having a different full unique identifier, selecting the host-specific local identifier from the set of local identifier values available for assignment by the host computing device (100, 112, 600), and assigning the selected host-specific local identifier to the separate electronic device.