Eliminate multiple listings in 'Connect to Server'

Oct 05, '01 09:10:55AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

I saw this tip on MacFixIt and it was just what I had been looking for. In other words this works.

We have had a problem where, when selecting the "Connect to Server" command, we get multiple listings for the very Mac we are using, all with different IP addresses. In one case, the IP address was one we could never even recall using. Mark Delfs offered this solution, which worked:

  1. Turn off AppleTalk from Network System Preferences.
  2. Launch Terminal.
  3. Type cd /var
  4. Type sudo rm slp.regfile to delete the slp.regfile file.
  5. Restart.
  6. Turn AppleTalk back on.
The OS should now rebuild the file and you will no longer see the multiple IP numbers in the Connect to Server dialog box.

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