Expected Behaviour: Windows NCSI correctly working, showing "Internet access" Actual Behaviour: While having PiHole as DNS resolver Windows thinks that doesn't have internet access, but it works just fine. I've tried to see if the PiHole has in the blacklist some Microsoft server related to the con…

This is a known issue with Windows 10, and is not a Pi-hole issue. [image] Pihole Working but PC showing "No Internet Access" WIN 10 update Community Help I've been searching for a while here, but I'm at a loss. I've had pihole running for probably a few year…

Oops, I'm sorry to have created a duplicate topic. Thanks for your answer, I just wanted to help someone giving some advices on how to solve the problem

Hi Guys, I also had this issue after updating Windows (2004) I use default blocklist, so nothing crazy... First I disabled PIHole and did this recommended steps from Microsoft: ipconfig /flushdns ipconfig /registerdns ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew NETSH winsock reset catalog NETSH int i…

After a couple of days my solution stopped working, so I had to reset all the previous settings, and now it works. Thanks for your help, when I'll have some time I'll try ShutUp10 and see if it works

How I am solving this (works on both win7 and win10) : All I change on the windows machine are the settings: ActiveDnsProbeContent -> IPv4 address of pihole ActiveDnsProbeContentV6 -> IPv6 address of pihole Than, on pihole, create a dnsmasq file (I use /etc/dnsmasq.d/09-msftncsi.conf), content: …

In my opinion it is not neccessary to hack the registry for the ActiveDnsProbeContent With your redirect of f.i. cname=www.msftncsi.com,pi.hole to the PiHole, it's obsolete. What is forgotten in the discription is to add www.msftncsi.com etc. to the whitelist. In some blocklists these msft-URL's …

[image] eejeel: In my opinion it is not neccessary to hack the registry for the ActiveDnsProbeContent [image] eejeel: dns.msftncsi.com doesn't expect the text 'Microsoft NCSI' but the IP address 131.107.255.255. What I read in the article you mentioned, it says: The test tries to conn…

[image] jpgpi250: All I change on the windows machine are the settings: ActiveDnsProbeContent -> IPv4 address of pihole ActiveDnsProbeContentV6 -> IPv6 address of pihole That's ok for strictly home based computers. Be careful with roaming devices,though: If you want to keep in good spriri…

Windows 10 shows Limited internet access but it's connected

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jfb August 9, 2020, 3:57pm 2

This is a known issue with Windows 10, and is not a Pi-hole issue.