That's interesting Ronni. I have no "Previous Systems" folder. On
the G5 I do have a direct connection via Ethernet to a router and an
installed Airport but not running. The laptop communicates wirelessly
via Airport Extreme which goes into one port of the D-Link ethernet
router. A desktop G3 iMac is into another port on the router while
all three computers access a Laser printer which is plugged in to the
USB port on the Airport Extreme. I have not done any plugging in or
unplugging or swapping that I can recall.
Interestingly, I have changed the name again in Sharing - it still
comes up as Sevs G5 (5) there but the message ".... can connect as...
" is now correct as "Sevs G5" as it was before. Very curious, no
real drama, just a little annoyance and puzzlement!
Severin
On 08/10/2009, at 1:55 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
On 08/10/2009, at 1:42 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
My computer is named "Sevs G5" and has been for a long time.
Recently, I noticed in Sharing that it is named Sevs G5 (5) and the
accompanying message tells me that other users can connect using
Sevs G5-2.local which proves correct, and Sevs G5 by itself no
longer works.
What is going on? Leopard 10.5.8.
Hi Severin,
This happens when the system detects two computers with the same
name on the same local network.
You can change the computer name and get rid of (5) in system
preferences->sharing.
I've had it happen to me before. Some people think it happens if you
have a "Previous Systems" Folder on your HD, others say it can
happen if you have both Airport and Ethernet connected, or switch
between them (like unplugging a laptop from Ethernet and then using
Airport)?
Cheers,
Ronni
17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard
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