Fix for never-ending "Your network settings have been changed" message; fix

We previously reported an issue wherein, after applying Security Update 2008-006 for Mac OS X 10.4.11, their systems repeatedly display the message "Your network settings have been changed by another application." This message is sometimes accompanied by dropouts in wireless connectivity.

MacFixIt reader Remy Leroy reports that this message is due to the new way of saving the PPP connection password after the security update is applied, and will occur, only if you have one or more, saved network configurations that includes PPP connection setup.

Remy suggests:

"If you have such a network configuration, open it and take note of the different setup informations Then delete the configuration and recreate it from scratch (taking advantage of the note you took at the previous step)

"When each configuration including a PPP connection setup will have been deleted and recreated, you'll be delivered of this annoying message. If not, just search for one more PPP configuration somewhere. (after this, if you open the MacOS X keychain application, you'll note that a new PPP password, in the system keychain, has been registered)."

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