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- November 20th, 2011, 04:29 PM #1
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mysterious connected disks/computers
I have a macmini running 10.6.7
Under sidebar preferences
#1 Bonjour computers show a Macmini-C42C03218CE2 under sharing - that doesn't correspond to anything related to my computer. go to get info and there is no helpful info - trying connect to it - doesn't connect
#2 under cds.dvds - a cd named remote disk is shown but - once again no info and can't connect
#3 and for some reason I have 2 .local names
any thought on issues 1 2 or 3?
- November 21st, 2011, 05:44 AM #2
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- November 21st, 2011, 06:53 AM #3
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we are at home, and had a wireless network (airport base extreme) but disabled it and went straight wired with an ethernet
I would assume the mysteries were left over from the wireless days
- November 21st, 2011, 07:14 AM #4
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#2 is a function of Mac OS X going back to the days of Tiger (10.4). It does not indicate that there is actually a CD/DVD drive on a remote computer connected to your network.
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- November 21st, 2011, 07:48 AM #5
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If you are directly connected to a cable modem, those could be your neighbors. You need to use a router.
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- November 21st, 2011, 08:00 AM #6
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i go from the cable modem to a dlink ethernet broadband router and then cables to the mac mini
- November 22nd, 2011, 11:07 AM #7
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What? Didn't you say this: Originally Posted by ja2661
So is it as Airport Extreme, with the wireless disabled or a D-link router? Have you ever go into that router? Is there any other computers plugged into your router (which ever router you are REALLY USING!)? Have you ever got into that router and configured it? Originally Posted by ja2661 Mac Pro Dual 2.8 Quad (2nd gen), 14G Ram, Two DVD-RW Drives, OS X 10.8.3
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- November 22nd, 2011, 11:54 AM #8
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sorry for the confusion
our set-up @ home has gone thru a number of versions.
first we were wireless with Airport Extreme, one mac mini and one G4 laptop
then we turned off the wireless function and went with ethernet cable to the Airport base station.
but felt we needed to take out the Airport all together and we went with a D-Link EBR2310 which is just an ethernet system.
Because we didn't have the "bonjour" option checked previously, we don't know when it originally popped up
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