Spear Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I'm having some weird problem with my shared network at home. I have several computers hooked onto my network and sometimes I see doubles of the same computer. For example my brother's computer is called Nick's computer, then I see his clone ethernet address as a guest connect by the name of mac00...(ethernet address). And instead of said clone being a Mac server, in the description it says PC server. To tell you the truth it scared the living out of me, anyone have an ideas? I'll post a pic if needed if no one understands. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116124-shared-network/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPimpin Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 It has to do with Bonjour and Samba. If a machine is running both - and it's hard to get the former without the latter on a non-Mac - then you will see them show up 2x. It's more or less normal and there's not much you can do about it. I tried Is Nick's computer running Linux by any chance? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116124-shared-network/#findComment-822201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spear Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 It has to do with Bonjour and Samba. If a machine is running both - and it's hard to get the former without the latter on a non-Mac - then you will see them show up 2x. It's more or less normal and there's not much you can do about it. I tried Is Nick's computer running Linux by any chance? Nope, it's pretty much two identical Imacs running side by side, except i have 500GB of hard drive space . And then another 500 from an external one lol , hmm renaming the imacs cancel the vision of my brother's clone pc server thing. But renaming mine had no dice, my dad can still see my computer with a cloned version. ARG Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116124-shared-network/#findComment-823454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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