Could anyone corroborate the repeated dns requests for www.msftncsi.com that I've reported?
Though whitelisting www.msftncsi.com seems to deal with the windows 'not connected to internet' issues, I believe pihole is somehow triggering the repeated DNS requests.
I've concluded this by bypassing pihole and using alternative DNS services while tracking traffic using wireshark.
I also examined the long term logs for pihole and the incessant polling began exactly when pihole started blocking www.msftncsi.com. I've checked for other obvious system changes (i.e. software installations, windows updates, driver changes, etc) and nothing else coincides.
If I'm right, is there any way to stop this unnecessary polling (outside of non-options like not using pihole or disabling the Windows NCSI checks, etc)?
Regards,
Gary