multipass instances on WSL2 have no internet connection about multipass HOT 6 CLOSED

same issue even on

multipass version

multipass   1.14.0-dev.1742+g19f84771
multipassd  1.14.0-dev.1742+g19f84771

multipass info

Name:           node1
State:          Running
Snapshots:      0
IPv4:           10.61.145.82
Release:        Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Image hash:     bd476bc534ba (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS)
CPU(s):         1
Load:           0.00 0.00 0.00
Disk usage:     1.4GiB out of 4.8GiB
Memory usage:   172.2MiB out of 951.8MiB
Mounts:         --

ubuntu@node1:~$ ping 8.8.8.8

PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 2046ms

Not only can my instance not send or receive any network packets. but instance cannot send or receive packets from each other via local DNS. e.g.

I have two instances.

multipass info node1 && multipass info node2

Name:           node1
State:          Running
Snapshots:      0
IPv4:           10.61.145.82
Release:        Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Image hash:     bd476bc534ba (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS)
CPU(s):         1
Load:           0.00 0.00 0.00
Disk usage:     1.4GiB out of 4.8GiB
Memory usage:   171.7MiB out of 951.8MiB
Mounts:         --
Name:           node2
State:          Running
Snapshots:      0
IPv4:           10.61.145.180
Release:        Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Image hash:     bd476bc534ba (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS)
CPU(s):         1
Load:           0.00 0.02 0.00
Disk usage:     1.4GiB out of 4.8GiB
Memory usage:   175.8MiB out of 951.8MiB
Mounts:         --

multipass exec node2 -- ping 10.61.145.82

PING 10.61.145.82 (10.61.145.82) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 10.61.145.82 ping statistics ---
19 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 18419ms

from multipass.

Hey @uishon and @Kristian4078! Multipass is also available directly on Windows (get the latest version here: https://multipass.run/download/windows). Is there a particular reason for running it inside WSL? We don't officially support running Multipass inside WSL, so the version of Linux that it provides might be missing some needed features.

from multipass.

Thanks. I'm aware of multipass on WIndows and I'm actually using it. Works well. My specific use case, however, is that I have a linux VPN client running on WSL. When I want to spin up a multipass instance that uses this VPN connection (set up by that linux VPN client on WSL), the simplest way I could think of was to run multipass on my WSL. If I'm not mistaken (and, indeed, I can't be sure since I'm, indeed, using multipass on Windows most of the time) - this used to work for me in the past. Anyway, if not supported, is there a way to get mulitpass on Windows instances use the WSL network?

from multipass.

I'm not very knowledgeable about how WSL works, but if it exposes a switch, you should be able to connect to it by launching an instance using the --network option.

from multipass.

Thanks. That didn't work for me though. Connecting to the WSL network is not enough for sharing the VPN connection. I believe I need the VPN connection to be set up at the host OS level. Anyway, ended up with using multipass on an Ubuntu VM instead of WSL.

from multipass.

Hi @uishon!

Thanks for following up. We're going to go ahead and close this since we really don't support running in a WSL instance anyways.

from multipass.