Policy

Specify global DNS

This policy setting enables you to specify DNS binding behavior. NCSI by default will restrict DNS lookups to the interface it is currently probing on. If you enable this setting, NCSI will allow the DNS lookups to happen on any interface.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Network / Network Connectivity Status Indicator
Policy ID ba6d4b705ed3
Internal name NCSI_GlobalDns

Registry

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HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\NetworkConnectivityStatusIndicator\UseGlobalDns

Policy notes

This policy setting enables you to specify DNS binding behavior. NCSI by default will restrict DNS lookups to the interface it is currently probing on. If you enable this setting, NCSI will allow the DNS lookups to happen on any interface.

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