TFS2017.2 NuGet restore task - ETIMEDOUT 93.184.221.200:443

Question

I have couple of build definitions that are using the "old" NuGet Installer task to restore the dependencies from our internal TFS feed (same collection); the feed url is specified through the NuGet source parameter:

The restore process is working fine as below:

Switching to the newer version of the task is causing the build failure:

How can I disable the connection attempt to 93.184.221.200:443 due to the fact that the build agent doesn't have internet access?

I'm using TFS 15.117.26714.0.

Update 1

I copied nuget.exe to c:\nuget folder then added the folder to the PATH environment variable. Same result

Update 2

I copied nuget.exe to C:\B\1_tool\NuGet\4.0.0\x64 folder; the result is below:

Answer 1

Update 3 - Workaround

In order to trick the "new" NuGet task to find the nuget.exe in the tool cache you need to create a dummy file called x64.complete in the {agent work folder}\_tool\NuGet\4.0.0 folder and copy the nuget.exe file in the {agent work folder}\_tool\NuGet\4.0.0\x64 folder