I've got this error on a mac in Berlin. I can't get in to network prefs to check anything as this message keeps popping up. She can get on to the network at work but not in another office. It was set up to automatic when I remoted on to the mac.

Has anyone come across is before? If so what did you do? I'm limited to what preferences I can dump when remoting on so hoping I might be able to send instructions to the user.

Thanks

C

I recall reading about this on the MacUser site. I think there's an answer in the Apple discussion forums, I'll do a quick google.

Actually, I might be wrong, it may have been Network settings have been changed by another application I was thinking of.

I've had a quick look but cant find anything. I think she'll have to send mac back to me for repair which is a pain.

She reckons I did it lol

try locking the pref pane. That way your user will have to authenticate to make any changes but no other app. can take control.

HTH

Didge

It’s not something to do with dynamic DNS addresses? Sometimes, if I restart one Mac while another is asleep, I get told by one or the other that the IP address is taken. It doesn’t happen all the time. Usually refreshing the DNS lease on the machine will solve that particular problem.

Possible. It could also be that an app is trying to open a listening socket on a particular port and something else has already done that so the port is locked. I'd have a check what's in the user's login prefs in terms of applications that start at login.
Although the fact it works in different locations does suggest something to do with DHCP, since that's subnet specific. In which case it isn't that computer that's got a fault, it's another one. Caz, can people configure their own network settings or is it locked off to admin only?

Jon

The network settings are unlocked ansd usually left to automatic. Looks like they have a guy in Berlin who'll be looking at the mac. I'll let you know if I find out what the problem is.