Odd item has turned up under SHARED...

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Author: Lesia44 PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:31 am    Post subject: Odd item has turned up under SHARED...
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In Leopard...

... in the Finder in my side panel under SHARED there's an item called 'thomson' has appeared which is identified at the top of the main window as 'Connected as: Guest'. There are no items in the main Finder window when I click on thomson. As there is no option to eject this item does that mean it is someone connected to me? If I do a 'get info' on thomson it tells me it's a PC server. If I pull out my internet connection thomson disappears. He returns as soon as I plug the cable back in. Anyone have any idea what or who this is? Should I be worried?

Cheers
Karl

Author: catwomanLocation: Edinburgh, Scotland PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:30 am    Post subject:
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I have it too and I'm using Tiger. I did a Google search and found this: http://www.thomson-broadband.co.uk/codepages/content3.asp?c=7&ProductID=471

Quote:
Thomson ST 330

The SpeedTouch 330 is a bus powered USB ADSL modem suitable for connecting one PC or Apple Mac to a standard broadband line.


I'd surmise that "Thomson" is your modem, since it disappears when you pull the plug.

Does anyone else know for sure?

Author: Lesia44 PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:51 am    Post subject: Odd things...
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Yes, it does indeed look as if 'thomson' is just the BT Home Hub showing up. Seems we're not the only ones with this oddity as it's been popping up on quite a few discussions across the net. So it looks like panic over.

Cheers
Karl



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