EventID 1054 : Group Policy affected by Gigabit Adapters

Experience issue with VPN connected machines not applying group policies. All possible checks were done, deleted security logs , checked the security database, DNS server etc..

found issue with GIGABIT adapters whose LINK state repeatedly turns OFF and ON during the initialization phase, which causes issues with Group POlicy as the protocols gets unbounded by the OS.

To disable Media State, do the following registry HACK..

1. Use Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe) to view the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
Add the following registry value:
Value Name: DisableDHCPMediaSense
Data Type: REG_DWORD -Boolean
Value Data Range: 0, 1 (False, True) Default: 0 (False)