'A network change was detected'

[Initforthemoney]

Keep getting this odd blip on my Mac whilst browsing.

I did wonder if it was my wifi or internet but we haven't long been back from our holiday home, and it happened a couple of times there as well.

Anyone had the same?

[MikeGTi]

If your router is set to auto select channels then it could be it changing channel due to local interference?

[Initforthemoney]

Good point Mike, but when I set them up in both places, I fixed the channel, specifically to avoid problems like this.

[driver67]

Check your ip address when this happens.

You could have multiple dhcp server devices on your network both serving different ip addresses.


Dougie.

[Initforthemoney]

I’ve just changed my mac dns settings to use the router as it’s server but not sure if that would make any difference.

As I said, it’s probably a Mac issue but god knows where to look deeper!

[JimbobVFR]

A quick Google seems to suggest this is a Google Chrome error message, not one necessarily generated by the operating system.

[Initforthemoney]

Thanks Jim,

Yes had a quick Google and didn’t realise that Brave browser is based on chrome and does indeed appear to be a browser quirk.

Thanks anyway all!

[andy_s]

It's not an integrated VPN is it? I have the message occasionally when it flicks on and off due to flaky wifi.