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Windows 11 - DNS issue

Yann Dublanche 116 Reputation points
2021-10-24T20:57:03.95+00:00

Hello

I am currently testing the compatibility of our organization with Windows 11 and I am facing a strange behavior. The DNS service is not working well with Windows 11.

On Windows 10 there is no issue and all the IP addresses are resolved correctly from our DNS, but on Windows 11, the DNS results are strange:

  • If the request belongs to our main domain, nslookup provides the correct internal IP address
  • If the request belongs to an internal domain only, nslookup provides the correct internal IP address
  • If the request belongs to any other domain, nslookup provides the public IP address instead of the internal IP address

This is only happening from the internal network. If I connect by VPN, using the same DNS servers, then the result is correct in every case.

Has anybody experienced the same issue? Is this a problem of the Windows 11 desktop, the DNS server...?

Thanks in advance

Best regards

Yann

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  1. Yann Dublanche 116 Reputation points
    2021-10-28T16:17:06.307+00:00

    Dear all

    I have found a solution that solve my issue but generate a bigger concern.
    I have just tried to configure manually the network connection of the laptop, using exactly the same IP address, mask, gateway and dns server that I was getting before from the DHCP server. And it works! Like this the DNS is correctly providing the internal IP address instead of the external one.

    If I then configure back the network through DHCP, it fails again.

    It looks like if the DHCP server is giving more information than just the IP configuration.

    Has anybody experienced this kind of issue?

    Thanks in advance

    Best regards

    Yann

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-10-25T14:05:41.237+00:00

    As a work-around you could try adding an A record named "www" and point it to the public domain address.

    --please don't forget to upvote and Accept as answer if the reply is helpful--

  2. Anonymous
    2021-10-25T14:21:08.097+00:00

    You never really answered; is there a public domain with the same name as internal?

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  3. Yann Dublanche 116 Reputation points
    2021-10-25T14:25:59.373+00:00

    Yes, there is a public domain with the same name as internal but in another DNS server that is not accessible from the internal network.

    As a consequence, it cannot be the one replying.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-10-25T14:30:39.377+00:00

    As a consequence, it cannot be the one replying.

    Not sure what is meant? Any of the many public DNS could be replying. You could try the split brain or the "www" work-arounds. Windows 11 did not bring this problem on, its hard to say what has aggravated the issue at this point but it is an age old very well known issue.

    --please don't forget to upvote and Accept as answer if the reply is helpful--

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