Hey everyone! I'm having a bit of a weird issue with my Windows Server 2025. When I boot it up, it shows that there's no internet connection—the network icon clearly indicates no access. However, when I ping Google, the icon changes and I finally get internet access. The strange part is that SmartScreen still doesn't work and keeps saying it can't be reached at the moment. Has anyone faced something like this before? Any fixes or workarounds would be greatly appreciated!
3 Answers
It sounds like this could be related to the connectivity checks Microsoft does using msftconnecttest.com and msftncsi.com. You might want to check if your server can resolve and reach those URLs.
Have you applied any hardening scripts? Those can sometimes interfere with internet connectivity on servers, so that's something to consider.
Pinging Google only shows that some basic network functions are working, like ICMP and DNS. What happens when you try to browse to Google using Edge? That could give us more insight into the problem.
I actually don’t have Chrome or Edge on the server since it’s not connecting to SmartScreen, so I can’t install them. Just to add, the server has a static IP, I can access it via Remote Desktop, and it's using the same VM adapter as our other VMs.