Re: Getting rid of phantom computer ins Shared section of sidebar?
- From: dempson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (David Empson)
- Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 12:04:49 +1200
Michael Breslau <mbreslau@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A computer named "mac001f5bf5bd77" appears in the Shared section if the
Finder windows in my OS 10.5.6.
It claims its a PC server.
Part of that looks suspicioiusly like a MAC address (Media Access
Control address, not to be confused with "Macintosh"). The MAC address
is a globally unique number assigned to each network interface of a
computer or other device which can be connected to a network.
In the form Apple normally uses to display a MAC address, it is:
00:1F:5B:F5:BD:77
The first six digits identify it as a MAC address assigned by IEEE to
Apple, so it is probably your own computer, or another Macintosh on your
network which for some reason is being misidentified as a PC server.
You can identify which computer it is by going into System Preferences >
Network on each computer, click on Built-in Ethernet, then click the
Advanced button, then the Ethernet tab. The "Ethernet ID" of one of the
computers will probably match the above pattern.
It could also be the Airport ID - cancel out of the Ethernet sheet, then
click on Airport, click the Advanced button, and look on the Airport tab
for "Airport ID".
This will at least establish which computer is acting as a server.
If it doesn't match any of them, then there could be another computer
connected to your network (if so, it is probably a Macintosh).
If your computer has been on another network recently, it might be a
leftover indication from that network. On my MacBook Pro I've
occasionally seen that "Shared" list get stuck and keep displaying the
list of computers on the previous network I was using. I had to quit and
relaunch Finder to get it back to showing current reality.
If it does match one of your computers...
A possible explanation is if you are running a Windows virtual machine
(either VMware Fusion or Parallels Desktop) and have file sharing
enabled in Windows.
Another possibility is if you have Windows File Sharing enabled on a
Mac, and it is being misidentified as a PC for some reason.
--
David Empson
dempson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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