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In a hotel... how do I turn off sharing?

majordude

majordude

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I am sitting in a hotel on a high speed internet connection. I clicked on finder and I see four other computers on my local network (I am assuming). Some are Macs and some are Windows.

1. Is MY computer being seen too?!
2. How do I STOP that if true?
 
majordude

majordude

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Everything is unchecked... but that still freaks me out. Does my computer show up on the network even if everything is unchecked?
 
Eidorian

Eidorian

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Mar 23, 2005
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majordude said:
Everything is unchecked... but that still freaks me out. Does my computer show up on the network even if everything is unchecked?
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Under the Advanced Firewall settings you can set stealth mode.

If none of the Sharing options are turned on I wouldn't worry.
 
Hawkeye411

Hawkeye411

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Jun 6, 2007
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They can probably see that yours is there. I can see all the computers at work but I can only look at the files if they have file sharing turned on.

Any cool stuff on their computers? ;)

Turn on iTunes to see if they are sharing their iTunes library.

Cheers.
 
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