Enhanced VLAN naming

An article of manufacture, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable media containing software that provides unique VLAN names in a system containing a plurality of networks and a plurality of devices, the software comprising:
• executable code that obtains, for each of the plurality of networks, a unique identifier associated with respective ones of the plurality of networks, wherein the unique identifier associated with respective ones of the networks is a root bridge ID for a root bridge uniquely associated with respective ones of the networks;
• executable code that obtains a VLAN ID for at least one of the VLANs in each of the plurality of networks;
• executable code that forms, for each of the plurality of networks, a unique VLAN name by concatenating the unique identifier to the VLAN ID, wherein, in response to a change in topology, a new root bridge is determined and, in response to a value for the new root bridge being less than a value for the old root bridge, the unique VLAN name is changed to remove the old root bridge ID and to include the new root bridge ID;
• and
• executable code that routes data through the system to provide communication between devices that are part of the same VLAN in different ones of the plurality of networks.