Windows 10 20H2 Connection Report is broken

A couple of days ago I updated to Windows 10 20H2 and was immediately hit by an Issue: While my system is connected, Windows reports that there is No Internet connection.

That can cause issues with applications (cause the vendors use the Windows build in function to figure out if there is an internet connection, or not). In my case, the Microsoft Store causes issues on one system.

Another Problem: I use the PowerShell cmdlet “Get-NetConnectionProfile” to figure out which NIC is used. That fails, because it also uses the Windows build in function to figure that out.

$paramGetNetConnectionProfile = @{
   IPv4Connectivity = 'Internet'
   ErrorAction = 'Stop'
   WarningAction = $SCT
}
$InterfaceAliasInfo = ((Get-NetConnectionProfile @paramGetNetConnectionProfile).InterfaceAlias)

I have replaced that with the following, more complex, code:

$SCT = 'SilentlyContinue'

try 
{
   $paramGetNetConnectionProfile = @{
      IPv4Connectivity = 'Internet'
      ErrorAction      = 'Stop'
      WarningAction    = $SCT
   }
   $InterfaceAliasInfo = ((Get-NetConnectionProfile @paramGetNetConnectionProfile).InterfaceAlias)
}
catch
{
   Write-Warning -Message 'Thanks Microsoft for the crappy NIC handling in Windows 10 20H2'
   Write-Output -InputObject ''

   # Cleanup
   $TestNetConnection = $null

   # Figure out if we have a working connection
   $paramTestNetConnection = @{
      Port          = 443
      ErrorAction   = $SCT
      WarningAction = $SCT
   }
   $TestNetConnection = (Test-NetConnection @paramTestNetConnection)

   if ((($TestNetConnection). TcpTestSucceeded) -eq $true)
   {
      $InterfaceAliasInfo = (($TestNetConnection). InterfaceAlias)
   }
}
$InterfaceAliasInfo 

In my case, most of the systems that caused this issues use Intel NIC’s! I have no idea if this is an Intel only issue!