Windows 11 Using WSL for website dev

Ray Jender 1 Reputation point
2022-01-13T22:19:29.54+00:00

I want the wsl linux to be on my local network 192.168.x.x rather than the 172.x.x.x

I have installed apache2 on the wsl ubuntu but can't browse to it from the host win 11.

Right now I can ping the wsl ubuntu instance from the host windows 11 to the wsl, but not from wsl to host windows.

Ideas?

Ray

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  1. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2022-01-13T22:21:27.087+00:00

    The product group for WSL actively monitors questions over at
    https://github.com/microsoft/WSL

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  2. Limitless Technology 39,381 Reputation points
    2022-01-14T20:10:04.427+00:00

    Hello @Ray Jender

    Windows Firewall will block all the traffic besides HTTP. Please create a new inbound rule in Windows Firewall console to allow ICMPv4 to AllPorts

    Hope this helps with your query,

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