What is BRCM-LVG under shared? Is my computer being hacked?

I noticed the SAME THING on my new laptop as I was setting up the network in my NYC apartment yesterday!! the brcm-lvg "data storage" icon. The internet connection is provided by Time Warner Cable, of course, in a building on the UWS. CREEPED ME OUT. Now that I am away from that location -- 100 miles away, in fact -- the icon is still there under "Recent Items," "Servers," then an icon that says "storage" next to it. When I click on it now, it says " The server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again."

So is it just something that anyone who is using a TWC wireless network in their home is going to end up using, like it or not? Like you, I would like to know the whole story behind it.

Thanks.

i recently 'upgraded' to the technicolor cable modem from time warner cable and have this wonderful 'feature'.

thank you zhen424 for your insight.

the weird thing is that when i went to disable the usb feature in the modem's software, it kept re-enableing itself.

I guess the device manufacturer thought that it would be easier for users if they automatically enabled the service. It can be disconcerting to see an unknown device appear in the Sharing section.

One the thing to remember is that when things appear in the Sharing section it only means that you can see them. It does not mean that you are sharing anything to them.

With cable-TV wiring, a Router that services all the Routers in your neighborhood is often located on a pole in your neighborhood, and the connection for all the individually-controlled Routers is a multiplexed connection, that is, it has traffic for every device in your neighborhood (and your Router picks off the correct packets by address). Going upstream, the situation is similar -- all the upstream traffic is combined onto the upstream data pathway as well, and has the potential to be visible to everyone in the neighborhood.

I agree that this is likely some sort of mis-configuration that allows your neighbors' devices to show as "Shared" on your network, but I am not certain just what the error is. Perhaps it is a side effect of Bonjour discovery.

BRCM is the stock symbol for Broadcom Corporation. They make semiconductors for wired & wireless communications. Company products are embedded in many communication products.

I found the same BRCM stuff on my PC. I use Comcast and have a Netgear cable modem router.

I bet that this feature is built into a chip manufactured by Broadcom.

Welcome to the intrusive world of "internet for everything," and turd-based computing.

Broadcom is the leading manufacturer of wireless chipsets. There's probably a Broadcom chip in your Mac.

LVG stands for Logical Volume Groups. Volume groups contain volumes which are used for storage.

try disabling the Windows Network Connection (SAMBA)

What is the setting on your computer for Subnet Mask?

Is it something other than: 255.255.255.0?

I read several posts above that said new users of technicolor cable modems were seeing Broadcom direct-connect drives as part of their own Networks, and were alarmed by that.

Actually, "brcm-lvg" is a file server built into the router - it's nothing to worry about. If you plug a USB stick or drive into the back of the router, brcm-lvg will be the "device" to which the USB storage is attached.

I have very little technical knowledge about this, but I was having problems getting kicked off my TWC modem. A technician came out and said that this was their newest modem and that there had been a lot of people experiencing the same problem as me. The tech went out to box outside and did something. When he came back he said that they were aware of the problem and that they would be monitoring the modem remotely and that they would analyze data and send patches when available. Is this the reason for "brcm-lvg?"

Like others here, I have a new 'Technicolor' Time Warner modem device. I plugged in a USB device for the first time since getting the new modem and when I took it out this brcm-lvg showed up in Finder as a Shared folder, which I never set up. Also, under Devices, a Remote Disc now also appears. What the....!?!?

It concerns me that both the shared folder and the Remote Disk are suddenly showing up in Finder. I turned off 'Screen Sharing' but still this brcm-lvg shared folder is showing up. Unlike others here, I don't know enough about all of these things and it's concerning me that this is a security issue....and this thread seems to have thoughts in both directions on that....so now I don't know what to do. Anyone....?

How do I find the ip4 and ip6 to reset them? And also, how do I find who is on my router? Although, since I am next to the router I am actually not on WiFi with this modem but using the ethernet cable to save bandwidth.

How did you get to custom firewall settings? Also, did you reset the router's password or your computer password? <sigh> I'm so confused about what to do. This brcm-lvg AND an unknown 'Remote Disk' are showing up in my Finder since yesterday when I put a USB thumb drive into download some files.

I guess I should call TimeWarner but fear that I will be met with the same 'no one knows' thing you found.

Do you think I should be worried? So may opposing opinions here, the most recent one seeming to say it is innocuous.