Strange Computers Showing in Finder under "Shared"

Strange devices "ludwig" and "Walter-IBM" keep appearing in Finder. I use a password protected network. Cannot connect to the devices. Why are these showing up in my shared devices list? How do I ensure these computers are not connecting to my network?

How do I ensure these computers are not connecting to my network?
If these are not computers that are supposed to appear on your network, then it's possible that they have cracked your network somehow in order to use it for free. If you're using a WEP encrypted network, note that it can be cracked in under a minute at this point. You should switch to WPA, and make sure you use a decent password.
Of course, it's far more likely that these are devices of some kind that are supposed to be on your network. For example, if you have a hard drive connected to your wireless router, that will show up in your Shared list.

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Strange computers showing up under shared...

I'm asking this question for a friend of mine that just bought a mac mini. I can't explain this and was hoping someone here could.
He has his mac mini connected wirelessly to his linksys router using WPA. Everything should be pretty secure. But in the finder on his mac mini, he has some strange computers showing up that are not on his network. If he tries to click on them, they disappear immediately, but will come back later.
He has a couple of other PC's on his network but neither of them can see these mystery machines. Only the mac mini can.
Also, he lives kinda out in the country... Not too many neighbors and definitely not in close quarters.
Any idea what this could be? Things to check?? Thanks in advance.

Does he also see the PC's, in finder that is. I also live in the country and i will see PC's in my network that arent even turned on, so its hard to explain.
I also have a few cantenna's hooked up and i also will see a few of my neighbors PC's
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PC server not showing up in Finder under shared

Hi
I installed Leopard on the 26th and my home windows PC is not showing up under shared and its not showing up in the network folder under mshome like it did in tiger. ive checked the PC and file sharing is enabled in the firewall and i even installed bonjour for windows but no luck.
the only way i can do it is "connect to server" (command-k) in the finer and use SMB smb://IP/shared name but it shows up under shared with an apple display icon and the PCs IP address. i was under the impression that PC servers automagically appear in the finder under shared with its shared name and a PC icon with the "blue screen of death". how do i get it to do this?
thanks

Hi,
One of the posters in this forum said that you had to do the change of workgroup in a Location profile that's not active. Then, change to that inactive Location profile for the thing to work.
Here's what I did on mine. I created a copy of the current working Location profile. Using the copy, I went to the WINS section and changed the workgroup to whatever my workgroup name was (make sure you press ENTER too for the workgroup name to stick). Then, I switched to the copy.
Regards,
Albertus

HT1549 Unknown PC Server in Finder under SHARED

I see a PC Server - Name: dhcp-9-72-7-33 - in my Finder under SHARED. I have no PC in my network. I'm trying to remove it. Any idea what this can be?
How can I remove it?

(I posted this on a different thread with the same problem ---"Re: Unknown Server appearing in Sidebar")
on my MacBook Pro in 10.5.2 I am having the same problem -- seeing a bogus 'pc server' BRN_8111C (for security reasons I am not including the real number not really 8111, but similar) on my finder window side bar in the Sharing section - info says it is 'pc server'
now my iMac with 10.4 can see in the network section of the finder side bar and also shows the same item - and another MAC0017f2...... which Applecare has helped be determine is my ethernet card identity serial number .... now when I shut off the MacBook Pro which is wi-fi to a Belkin g wi-fi router connected to my office lan, the image of the MacBook Pro goes away almost instantly. And if I restart the iMac the bogus images are not there -- about 1 to 2 seconds after I open the MacBook Pro , its image is seen in the Network on the iMac and then... amazingly, 3 to 6 seconds later the 2 bogus images - MAC0017.... and the BRN_8111C images, simultaneously! So undoubtedly the MAC0017.. image is some reflection of my computers ethernet card and the other image must be coming out of my MacBook Pro as well... what and why I don't know but it is not at all possible to be a rogue computer popping on my network always simultaneously with my own image. Anyone have a clue what is going on?

In finder under shared there is a home pc i dont recognize, is it dangerous i cant get rid of it?

in finder under shared there is a home pc i dont recognize, is it dangerous i cant get rid of it?

so i have tried so very hard to make sure this wouldnt happen. i have a time capsule that only i use... and my family has a router that they use with a different network name. though i am bridging through that network it is a hidden network i use. now ill check to see if this is my moms comp but my computer has freaked me out with odd things happening for about since january when i got it.. so i mean i just dont know what to do anymore. trust me ive stayed up all night i even called road runner to try and get some advuce and they r useless. so yeah. whatevs.

In Finder, under SHARED, I see "hpp78acc06244"... would that be my printer or could it be someone trying to access my computer remotely?

In Finder, under SHARED, I see "hpp78acc06244"... would that be my printer or could it be someone trying to access my computer remotely?

That would most likely be your printer.
If your HP printer has a SD card reader built in, that is the "shared" network device.
Select the hpp78acc06244 and it'll look something like this:

I see a computer in Finder under "Shared" that does not exist

I see a computer in Finder under "Shared" that does not exist.How do I get rid of it?

Does anyone thing it's possible that installing the OS without the Airport card working has caused the system to completley ignore it even though it may now have a working card and cable, seems unlikely to me but really struggling to know where to look now.

MacBook Pro shows up twice under Shared in finder sidebar once as PC

This just started today. I have my iMac and MacBook Pro networked through Airport Extreme. Today my MacBook Pro shows up twice under my iMac finder sidebar. First icon is itself (MacBook), second icon is PC. Both with the same name. Get info shows the second icon as PC Server. I cannot connect to the PC icon, which I'm assuming is a good thing.
Why would this suddenly happen, and how do I get rid of it? I've restarted airport, repaired permissions on both machines. Checked to be sure that only AFP is check under File Sharing on both. Network preference pane WINS shows no servers connected on Airport or Ethernet, etc.
Anyone?
Appreciate any help with this. I'm definitely not a networking expert

Ok, ive had this problem for ages and i think ive pretty much figured it out, your computer is showing your macbook over your network and through Bonjour (apples own wireless connection) Still not sure why it always shows it as a PC though, or as a server...
Anyway, I ive found where it originated from, if you go to System Preferences>Sharing, at the top you will see your computers name and underneath it will say "Computers on your local network can access your computer at:" and its name will be whatever the 'PC server' is called on your finder sidebar, in your case "tosha". You can test it by changing the name to something like "tosha1" by clicking the edit button, in may cases the extra shared computer will disappear, but, after a while it will reappear and will now have the new name. =[
Sadly I dont know how to stop this but I suggest you take screenshots and go to an apple store, tell them about the problem and hopefully they will have an answer for you, they know everything! And even if they dont, check their machines to see if they have the problem, and if they dont, look at the settings and try and find why.
Im sorry I cant be of much help but im getting closer to the bottom of this and im sure its linked to bonjour! Ill keep you posted if anything else happens!
p.s. Im not a networking expert either! Im just as stumped as everyone else!

In the lefthand sidebar of Finder, under 'Shared', I encounter in addition my TC, another computer, identified by a long name starting with 'hp'. I don't have another computer. What could this be? And how to get rid of it?

In the Finder sidebar, under 'Shared', I encounter my TC, as well as another item with a long name starting with 'hp'. 'Get info' shows it to be a 'PC'. However, I don't have a PC. It cannot be my printer (HP), since that has anoter name.
I can not access the item, which has me a 'guest'.
What could this item be? And how to get rid of it?
Many thanks in advance for your help.
DB

It's almost certainly your hp printer and is showing the WiFi adapter MAC address after the HP.
To verify, look at the printer configuration page via Bonjour in Safari. The settings tab shows the Mac address in the bottom left hand corner for my model of HP printer.
I'm sorry but I can't explain why that would show up in the finder.

Airport Extreme (2nd gen) not seen in Finder under "shared"

Specs:
15-inch Early 2008 >Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo>Memory 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM>Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63)
Airport Extreme Second Gen with Airport Utility 7.6.1
I do not want to update to Mountain Lion again.. since the first time proved to bring with it crashing and lots of glitches. And, I only ever do totally clean installs, wiping my HD with a 3x pass in disk utility. Main problem: External HD's which used to connect to my network with the AE under the "shared" sidebar, no longer appear. Matter of fact, my Airport Extreme in general, no longer appears in the Network folder. Nor do I see the ext HD under the "Disks" tab in Airport Utilities.
The external IS formatted as HFS Journaled *extended*, and has been for a while, back to when it used to work. I'm not sure of when it stopped being recognized, but the factors that have changed since then are that I did update to ML, but soon after went back to Lion. I also recently moved, and had to set up a new network of course. I also think perhaps that the Airport Utility version changed during this time.
I've read so many support documents, forum threads *different forums* and nothing seems to point me to a working solution. The HD does indeed work, since I of course plugged it straight in to my MacBook Pro's, and it shows up on both of them. Oh, should note that the other MBP is a year newer than the one listed above. It is the first unibody model 13". Question is, why would something that was working, stop working? I'd maybe be brave enough to roll back to Snow Leopard, but I'm really positive it was also working under Lion, so I shouldn't have to.
I'd really love some help on this please. Oh, and this is NOT in order to use Time Machine. I never use it. This is simply to access redundant backup drives on the network for photos and music.
Thanks much,
Doug

I spoke too soon, sort of. While the information I got from the Sonos website is accurate, and did indeed help in getting things started, the external HD with the enclosure I bought still isn't working! I even went so far as to reformat the drive last night, even though it was already formatted correctly. Just tried a few minutes ago, and nothing... The permissions look exactly as they do on the other disks so I'm not sure of what's up. At first, I thought that maybe Apple changed something about how the Airport Extreme sees externals, such as they must meet specific network based criteria... but then I tried a several year old iOmega portable Go drive, that I hooked up via micro USB and it worked immediately.
Now I'm wondering if there really might be something to what you said, about the enclosure. Is there a precedent for such an issue? Has anybody else here experienced this? But the wacky thing is that this external with enclosure was working perfectly not too long ago. So what has changed? I moved, and set up a new network. That has changed. But aside from that? I tried earlier firmware versions, and that did nothing. So either an OS update or my enclosure is all of a sudden wonky... even though it works perfectly otherwise? VERY confusing. BTW, the enclosure is a Rosewill.
Doug

Printer attached to wifi AP shows up under 'Shared' in Finder; can't print

I have reviewed quite a few threads on Bonjour printing problems cropping up in the move from 10.4 to 10.5. I still can't seem to get mine to work.
I printed fine to my printer (connected to wireless AP) under Tiger, but can't even do an 'Add Printer' for it after upgrading to Leopard.
Oddly, my printer's Node Name shows up in the Finder under 'Shared'. So it seems that my mac sees the printer. The entire network consists of the mac, wireless AP, and printer.
Any other ideas? Thanks!

Let me suggest going to this thread on the Airport printing discussion.
I found two issues:
1) HP's having problems with file permissions. Run *Disk Repair* first, then download and run the *newest HP printer drivers*.
2) Apple seems to have introduced something called CUPs. It's new to me and every computer I have that runs on Leopard or was recently upgraded to Leopard has very confusing printing problem, directly connected or wirelessly connected.
The thread above is helpful, but somewhere, I need to learn more about CUPS.
Try putting *http://localhost:631/* in your browser!
As soon as I figure it out, I'll let you know.
I also changed my USB cables to *USB2 cables*. Suddenly, it seems to matter!?

Unknown Computer under Shared All

When I open Finder, under Shared>All there's a new entry as of a couple of days ago that says:Christopher Cantens’ Computer -------------- MAC Server . It comes and goes, I have a wireless network protected by a password. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Thanks

Nothing to worry about. OS X detects nearby systems (both Windows and Mac OS X) and displays them under Shared (the systems listed have file sharing turned on).
When I was traveling last year, lots of these systems would show up whenever I used my MBA in the airport terminal.

My MacbookPro will not recognize when a flash drive is put into the USB port. It does not show in finder at all.

I put a HP flash drive into a USB port and it never shows in finder under devices. I want to copy photos to it to load onto a electronic picture frame. Why doesn't the flash drive show in finder?

First, open up the Apple System Profiler by choosing Apple Menu > About This Mac, and then click More Info.
then select USB off the hardware list. If your flash drive is connected to the system, it will appear here. If it does not appear, there is a problem with either the port or the drive.
If the flash drive shows up in the system profiler, the problem is in your Finder preferences. Finder prefs (⌘+comma) allow you to designate what shows up on the desktop and Finder sidebar.

Strange Items Under Shared Devices In Finder Side Bar

I have file sharing on for both my lap top and imac. Each shows up under Shared in the finder side bar. And I am able to connect to either one if I click on them. However two other devices show up as well. These two devices do not exist. When I use "Get Info" for them it indicates they are PC servers. I don't have any such thing. One of the items actually has a hyphenated version of my base station name. If I click on that one it says "connection failed". If I click on the other one it says "connected as guest" but nothing shows up in the window.
Is there anyway to delete these items/devices or at least keep them from showing up? And why are they showing at all?

I appreciate you taking the time to look. My 3 macs are now displaying only other Leopard computers. The strange ones have disappeared. One strange listing did look like my airport express base station. I have a 2nd express airport which servers to play my itunes. I, also, have two PCs on a Linksys wireless network and a wireless printer on my airport network.
Have no idea why the strange additions have disappeared. In an attempt to get them to disappear, I did shut down & restart each computer (Macs & PCs), unplugged and replugged both express airports, turned off then on the printer, and unplugged and replugged the linksys wireless router connected to my DSL modem. My goal was to isolate the equipment causing the strange listings. No luck. Could only modify the strange listing by totally taking down the wireless network at the DSL modem. Then, after returning from working at a client's; everything looked normal. ?????

Network devices not showing up under "shared" in finder bar

Ok so i have a network that consists of a maxtor nas device, 2 win xp pc's, 1 win7 pc, d-link 524 router, and my macbook pro. I would like to be able to transfer files between my mac and the devices and use the printer attached to my maxtor. My issue is that none of the computers show up under the "shared" section of finder or under network. I use to have this issue with leopard but it resolved itself. Now under snow leopard for a couple months and i have yet to get it work. I can access my mac and other pcs from a pc. Anyone know how to get my network to show up on my mac?

Your problem is very common under Snow. At first my shares did not show up under shared in finder windows. I, then, of course, used "Connect to Server" to connect to the shares--both Mac and PC. I found that the more I kept the shares active the more likely they were show up under shared. Then, I discovered that if I kept the computers from sleeping during the period of needed access they would tend to stay in shared without nearly so much keeping the connections active.
If you do not like the above work around, then there are two other possibilities. You can elect to show mounted items on your desktop. Do that and connect to each share. Then, go > users > unlock > + login options > try dragging the mounted shares to the login item window. If successful, then the shares should be available at login.
Another approach is to mount and connect as indicated above. Then, making an alias to the share should at least make things faster.

Strange Computers Showing in Finder under "Shared"

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