On Mar 18, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Dan Shoop 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? This is a small home network with only Macs and no VirtualPC or Parallel running. Other devices on the network are a printer (wireless), 2 Airport Extremes, an Airport Express, a DirecTV HD receiver, and an HDTV. > >> 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? The ARP tables and NAT tables show nothing unexpected. Because the 3 computers have both wired and wireless access, a given computer shows twice once for the hard wired domain (rlpcon.loc) and once for the DHCP domain (westfall.com). (rlpcon.loc is a dummy domain; it was once used when I was running a local DNS.) Here is an arp table: ------ [harvey:~] rpeskin% arp -a dslrouter.westell.com (192.168.1.1) at 0:23:97:1e:cd:95 on en0 ifscope [ethernet] dslrouter.westell.com (192.168.1.1) at 0:23:97:1e:cd:95 on en1 ifscope [ethernet] fire.rlpcon.loc (192.168.1.24) at 64:b9:e8:cb:67:9a on en0 ifscope [ethernet] eddy.rlpcon.loc (192.168.1.30) at 0:1b:63:b3:3d:b9 on en0 ifscope [ethernet] eddy.rlpcon.loc (192.168.1.30) at 0:1b:63:b3:3d:b9 on en1 ifscope [ethernet] ? (192.168.1.112) at 0:1f:f3:42:dc:e on en0 ifscope [ethernet] ? (192.168.1.112) at 0:1f:f3:42:dc:e on en1 ifscope [ethernet] fire.westell.com (192.168.1.178) at 4:1e:64:ea:a6:35 on en0 ifscope [ethernet] eddy.westell.com (192.168.1.192) at 0:1d:4f:fa:98:74 on en0 ifscope [ethernet] eddy.westell.com (192.168.1.192) at 0:1d:4f:fa:98:74 on en1 ifscope [ethernet] ------ 112 device is an Airport Extreme. Other devices were off. > >> 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? I'm not sure what nmap is. Here is a view of what I see in the Finder: The Shared device "fire" is the unknown. It is viewed by the Share as a PC but I know of no way to access its IP address. A better understanding of how the Finder gets its Shared list might help. The APEX Base Station is a disk attached to the Airport Extreme. "Path Finder" browser shows a similar PC share which is a duplicate of that APEX Base Station. The only other thing I can report is that the "fire" share icon disappears when the computer "fire.rlpcon.com" is off line. --dick peskin _______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
