On Jul 6, 3:07 pm, "Jane, (Portland, OR)" <janespra...@comcast.net> wrote: > Stats: PowerBook G4 (10.4); MacBook Pro (10.5); iMac (10.6) > > I have enabled Sharing with all 3 Macs. When I open the Finder window, > the sidebar shows a list of computers under Shared. Since I use the > iMac most, I see the MBP and PB. BUT another Mac has shown up! It is > listed as macd49a20b8ac90. I have no idea who/what this computer is! > I did a Get Info and the icon of an older screened Mac shows up and no > other info. This invader is not always listed, as I thought it might > be tied to the MBP or PB. > > I downloaded iStumbler, thinking I could find out more about this > intruder. However, macd49a20b8ac90 does not show up. iStumbler has has > 5 listings in the sidebar: > Airport (shows my network and my neighbor's Windows network), > Bluetooth (shows my mouse and MBP); > Bonjour (shows local> jane_sprandos-macbook-pro, G4PowerBook and > Jane's-Intel-iMac) ---- does NOT show anything about macd49a20b8ac90, > Location (shows my network and neighbors) > Log (does not show anything macd49a20b8ac90) > > Can anyone tell me who, what, where, how, or why this Mac is showing > up? > > Jane
I checked the PowerBook and MacBook Pro System Preferences>Network>Airport. The Airport tab has Airport, TCP/IP, DINS, WINS, etc... No strange address on the PB. But I discovered this on the MBP: under WINS>NetBIOS Name>MACD49a20b8ac90. It says "MACD49a20b8ac90 is currently being used". So......... the MBP seems to have 2 addresses. Why? Should I get rid of the WINS? Or just leave everything alone? Jane -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
