BRCM-LVG What is It?

[MichiganPC]

Recently a new device is appearing on my home network. I'm running three Win7-64 computers. I don't know what it is or where it came from.

It properties are;

Computer Name: BRCM-LVG
Computer Type: Windows NT4.9 Server
WorkGroup: Workgroup

Should I be concerned?

 

[ryang]

2 seconds of Googling shows it appears to be a network share on a Netgear router.

 

[MichiganPC]

2 seconds of Googling shows it appears to be a network share on a Netgear router.

Google is is more generous to you than me.

Still not finding a lot of detail. I have Netgear but I haven't touched the router/switch in months. Not sure why now it shows up.

 

[ryang]

Can you pull up the share just for fun?
Start>Run>\\BRCM-LVG

Log into the router and disable any filesharing related functions. There a few scenarios: Windows firewall settings were changed from Public>Home, router was reset to default, or the NSA agent got sloppy when using their backdoor.

 

[MichiganPC]

Can you pull up the share just for fun?
Start>Run>\\BRCM-LVG

Log into the router and disable any filesharing related functions. There a few scenarios: Windows firewall settings were changed from Public>Home, router was reset to default, or the NSA agent got sloppy when using their backdoor.

I can't log into the router remotely anymore. A couple months ago I disabled the DHCP function on the Netgear router to function as a switch. It sits behind a Technicolor modem from my service provider. So I'll have to plug in directly and check for file sharing.

 

[gimp]

if it is the router showing up on the network, then it has an IP address.

 

[MichiganPC]

if it is the router showing up on the network, then it has an IP address.

It's acting as a switch and does not show up anymore.

The new modem is assigning addresses 10.0.0.x and the router/switch address is 192.168.0.1.

Interesting thing is when the Server PC (raid-1) is in a low power state (S3) the media server/computer labeled BRCM-LVG is not visible on the network.