That may be a clue, Daniel. Periodically but rarely, like every few
months, for no obvious reason, I have to reboot either the router or
the Airport Extreme. I always put it down to a power glitch or act of
God though no obvious evidence of either! I will keep a lookout for
the next time this happens.
Thanks for the input
Severin
On 08/10/2009, at 9:26 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
Also, if you've ever done a "Migration" from another machine to your
"current machine", then the Network name will follow as well.
For example. If I had my old MacBookPro and it was called
DKMacBookPro and I
cloned this to my new MacBookPro, then connected it to the wireless
network
to run updates, the new machine would then have the same name as
well, ie
DKMacBookPro. So what it has to do (as it can't have two computers
on the
same network), so it renames it to DKMacBookPro (2).
This doesn't sound like the case here, but I'm just putting forward
that
information so people know as well. ;O)
But yes, it's normally with multiple connections on different
networks but
the same machine (eg Airport and Ethernet). It can sometimes come
from a
router reboot or something similar where the Network things that the
old
name "is still there", so resets it again.
There was a way to reset it via Terminal with a "permanent" set, but
as
mentioned you had to do that in Terminal. I found it on google
somewhere, so
would need to refind it if anyone wanted.
Hope that helps a little.
Kind Regards
Daniel
On 8/10/09 4:41 PM, "Ronda Brown" <[email protected]> wrote:
Yes, Severin I only have the SuperDuper clone connected when I'm
actually updating the clone.
I do this weekly, so I'm sure it hasn't changed every time.
I will take notice next time if the computer name changes when the
clone is connected, and if it stays changed after disconnecting the
clone.
Something is causing The System to "think" there is more than one
computer with the same name on the Network.
Ah well, I've got to get back to serious work ;-)
Cheers,
Ronni
On 08/10/2009, at 4:25 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
Yes, I went via the Edit button. I do have a SuperDuper clone on an
external Firewire disk, normally powered off except when I am
actually updating the clone.
Severin
On 08/10/2009, at 4:14 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Severin,
Same with me I didn't have a "Previous Systems" Folder and only
ever connect by Airport, all computers that connect in this house
connect wirelessly, never by direct Ethernet connection.
When you changed the Computer Name in System Preferences > Sharing,
did you click on the "Edit" button to change the -2.local?
My Computer's Name is Rons 500GB HD & beside the Edit section it is
Rons-500GB-HD.local
When I noticed it had changed to Rons-500GB-HD-2.local
I just went into System Preferences > Sharing and in Computer
Name: changed it back to Rons 500GB HD.
It was listed as Rons-500GB-HD-2 or (2) and in the edit section as
Rons-500GB-HD-2.local
So I just clicked on "Edit" & changed it to Rons-500GB-HD.local and
voilà the (2) was no longer.
The only reason I can think might have caused this is after I had
my SuperDuper "Cloned" Rons 500GB HD connected.
I wonder if the system then thinks there are TWO computers with the
same name on my Network, and as you cannot have any computers with
the same name on your Network … it changes one?
I hate it when I cannot find the exact reason why!
Our President Peter H once said to me & I quote ... "It's nice to
be able to find an exact cause, but resolution is an adequate
second best option :)"
When I find some time, I'll do some fiddling around and see if I
can get it to happen again ... I want to find an exact cause ;-)
Cheers,
Ronni
On 08/10/2009, at 3:21 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
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
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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