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WSL2 September 2023 allows for Mirrored Networking Mode
In the recent update post from WSL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-subsystem-for-linux-september-2023-update/
One of the new features is New Networking Mode – Mirrored
among the notes about the feature:
Here are the current benefits to enabling this mode:
- IPv6 support
- Connect to Windows servers from within Linux using the localhost address 127.0.0.1
- Connect to WSL directly from your local area network (LAN)
- Improved networking compatibility for VPNs
- Multicast support
I would ask to maybe also mention that in the README of this repo, since this new networking mode, may have made wsl-vpnkit obsolete..
Don't get me wrong, this Repo is amazing, it allowed me and many other WSL2 enthusiasts to use VPNs within WSL, Without it I couldn't have worked efficiently for the last 2 years, so kudos to that ! 🎉
I'm just saying this new thing might be a good working alternative, so maybe it deserves a mention in order to spread the news..
You do also have to have Windows 11, version 22H2, build 255xx and above; I'm finding this still incredibly valuable on Windows 10 with a few of the PRed fixes applied.
The new networkingMode=mirrored
is not guaranteed to work with all VPN:s. I am currently using it, but still have to use wsl-vpnkit
to get the connectivity working.
And networkingMode=mirrored
ist still only for Windows 11.
I am still on Windows 10, so I have to use vpn-wslkit, wich still works really good.