Recently one user reported that there is no active internet connection inside WSL, without an internet connection, he is not able to perform the basic tasks such as updating packages. This article will guide you to fix No Internet connection in WSL, there may be several reasons that cause this type of issue, basically, WSL hooks into your Windows PC network connectivity. If there is any issue with the Windows PC network, it may break the internet inside the Linux environment. If you are facing a similar issue, then follow the below-mentioned steps to resolve the issue.
Fix No Internet connection in WSL:
Once you encounter this issue, try to reset the network connection on your Windows PC, I used the following commands to fix this issue, I have created a script to resolve this, Open Notepad copy-paste the following script, and save it as a batch file.
@echo off
echo Shutting down WSL...
wsl --shutdown
echo Resetting Winsock...
netsh winsock reset
echo Resetting IP configuration...
netsh int ip reset all
echo Resetting WinHTTP proxy...
netsh winhttp reset proxy
echo Flushing DNS cache...
ipconfig /flushdns
echo Resetting Winsock again...
netsh winsock reset
echo Restarting the computer...
shutdown /r /t 0
Run the batch file, First, this will shut down the WSL, reset the network setting, and flush the DNS.
Once you execute the batch file, launch the WSL distro again and check the connectivity. If you have multiple WSL distros facing the same issue, then this might fix this problem.
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