On Mar 18, 2010, at 1:03 PM, Richard Peskin wrote:

> I have a PC server showing up in my Shared list in the Finder. I have no such 
> actual server on the network.

How are you so sure? Evidence supporting this conclusion?

> Can anyone tell me how the AFP shared server list is maintained; is there a 
> cache file? The network is simple; there are 3 machines all set to be 
> servers. In addition there are 2 Apple Airport Extreme base stations that 
> bridge a wired ethernet to a wireless network.

Bridging extends a network. Therefore the PC could be on the other side of the 
bridge. Or the PC could be on the wireless network. 

Have you checked ARP tables and NAT tables?

> Both networks share the 192.168.1.xxx subnet. The ethernet addresses are hard 
> coded, the wireless are DHCP served. Only AFP sharing is on; all computers 
> run 10.6.2. The router table shows no such PC server, nor does Bonjour. I'm 
> at a loss as to where to look next.
> thanks,


It has an IP address, is it pingable? What does nmap reveal?

-d

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