Prevent MAC Mini from appearing on the shared network

Hi,
As above, how do I go about hidding the MAC Mini from appearing on the shared network which is able to seem by other? I had already disable the file sharing under the sharing? What I want to achieve is to totally prevent the MAC Mini from appearing on the shared network as the network I am connecting to is public network. Between I am runnning OS X.
Thanks in advance!

Hi,
As far as I'm aware of you can't without disabling a couple of things that'll also prevent any internet usage, since it's all tied together now.
Might name your Mac... F.B.I (Hidden)!

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