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?!?! I can see Shared people on my Mac (WEP password protected)

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erkanasu

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I have my own internet and I use a password protected router (WEP).

I can see three people in the "Shared" part of finder. I can't connect to them "connection failed". What the hell is going on here? Could they have "cracked" my router some how?
 
erkanasu said:
I have my own internet and I use a password protected router (WEP).

I can see three people in the "Shared" part of finder. I can't connect to them "connection failed". What the hell is going on here? Could they have "cracked" my router some how?
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do u have 3 other computers on the network in your house?
 
haha,
No just one Mac.
(i can see they are PCs with the BSOD icons, haha).

they are labeled: byk,tablet, and toshiba-user. Not that it really maters.

Just left left a coffee shop, maybe it is related to the previous network i was on there.......
 
That's likely. I changed my computer name a couple of times yesterday, and the laptop that's also on my network saw each new name as a different shared computer until the next time I logged in.
 
Just rebooted and they are gone. Must of been some left over crap from the coffee shop. My bad
 
erkanasu said:
haha,
No just one Mac.
(i can see they are PCs with the BSOD icons, haha).

they are labeled: byk,tablet, and toshiba-user. Not that it really maters.

Just left left a coffee shop, maybe it is related to the previous network i was on there.......
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oh hahaha ok that is good then lol..

what kind of router do you use? it may hvae some kind of MAC address blockout from inside the settings. i would try setting that to allow ONLY your mac to connect to it.

could the shared folders be comming from a shared location that is on your mac??? just a random thought, probably not the answer tho.
 
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