On 07 Mar 2010, at 15:55:38, Richard Peskin wrote: > On one of my Macs (running 10.6.2) its name is coming up as "fire(2)". When > we try to rename it to "fire", a message comes up saying there is already a > machine named "fire" on the network, and "fire(2)" will be used. Where can I > look to locate and remove this "ghost"name? > thanks,
Log into your router (if an Apple router, use AirPort Utility; if someone else's router, use the HTML interface, usually something like 192.168.0.1 in any browser) and take a look at the logs. The DHCP clients should be listed. You should see the listing, and, more important, the IP and MAC addresses, for the other 'fire'. That should assist you in locating the physical address of the device in question._______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
