Naming convention question re: dns, netbios, vpn's

[jpp]

Greetings,

Environment:
AD 03 controllers at different sites, talking to each other via IPSEC VPN tunnels. Each site is on a different subnet.

I am considering establishing a standard naming convention for the AD boxes and other servers, such that the machine name would be the same e.g. AD, but the dns address would be distinguished via 3rd level dns domains.
For example, the AD box in our Bangkok office would be
ad.bkk.abcde.com and the AD box in NY would be
ad.nyc.abcde.com.

This would make our naming more intuitive. However, I am concerned that with the machine names being identical, we will have netbios name conflicts.
Should we just use a different naming convention and make sure the machine names are different, or am I worrying too much.
thanks.

 

[snootalope]

Just my $.02 worth..

Have you ever heard anywhere that having servers/pc's on a network or in the same AD forest is good thing? um, i really doubt it.

Why would you wanna name them the same? If it were me, I'd NEVER name pc's, especially servers, the same! I think it'll come back and haunt ya..

snoots