Re: Getting rid of phantom computer ins Shared section of sidebar?
- From: Nick Naym <nicknaym@[remove_this].gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 13:54:45 -0400
In article 1izcexi.1ddnb38mnanmaN%dempson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, David Empson at
dempson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 5/6/09 8:04 PM:
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.
I'm curious, David...
By way of background, my lady and I share the same wireless router
(Netgear), which is located several rooms away from either of our computers.
A number of months back, I attempted (via the Netgear site) to change the
security from WEP to WPA, per the advice I received here. Without going into
details, it was a nightmare, and never got done; worse yet, we completely
lost in Internet access. Notwithstanding the fact that whatever "glitch"
occurred, it happened because of a hiccup at the Netgear site, Netgear was
not at all helpful (they wanted to charge me money for a tech-support phone
call). Ultimately, my ISP came by and reset the router to its "virgin"
(out-of-the-box) WEP settings...the tech didn't know how to set it for WPA.
Back to the current topic: When I check the network settings (per your
instructions), I can see my MAC address (MAC001F5BEEA15A), as well as the
DNS server (corresponds to the router: 192.168.1.1); I also see an "IPV4
Address" of 192.168.1.2 (under the TCP/IP tab). I can find no other
addresses or identifiers. But in the shared section of my sidebar, my wife's
machine (a PC) shows up as "your-4dacd0ea75."
What does "your-4dacd0ea75" indicate (other than my lady is online)?
--
iMac (24", 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 320 GB HDD) ? OS X (10.5.6)
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