Can't start distro on WSL 2.0.5 with any networkingMode besides None

[leonardobsjr]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.2428]

WSL Version

2.0.5.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.133.1

Distro Version

Ubuntu 20.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

Start a distro

Expected Behavior

Being able to use the distro

Actual Behavior

Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/ConfigureNetworking/0x800704db and asks me to change the networking mode to NAT. It also doesn't work on NAT and asks me to change it to None,

Diagnostic Logs

WslLogs-2023-10-23_13-01-01.zip

[sirredbeard]

Do you have any third-party firewall or security software installed?

[benhillis]

@keith-horton - looks like the user has Hyper-V enabled by not virtual machine platform. HcnEnumerateNetworks is returning an error:

HcnEnumerateNetworks({"SchemaVersion":{"Major":0,"Minor":0},"Filter":"{"Flags": 328}"}) {"Success":false,"Error":"The specified service does not exist. vfpext driver is either not installed or is not enabled.","ErrorCode":2147943643}

[benhillis]

@leonardobsjr - could you take another trace with networkingMode=NAT please? I want to see if it's a different error path.

[keith-horton]

We can see VMP is not installed. @leonardobsjr , if you go through the Start menu, you can open the "Turn Windows features on or off" -- from there, you will need to install "Virtual Machine Platform".

[benhillis]

@keith-horton - thanks. We should make this error condition a bit more clear, I'll see what I can come up with.

[leonardobsjr]

Yeah, that's it, @keith-horton nailed it. Thanks for the feedback guys and sorry for the trouble. I was using WSL2 (or maybe not? it was 1.2.5 before), I had absolutely no idea I had to install anything else. The fact that I was able to make it work with None or bridged mode was even weirder. I see on troubleshoot guide this but that wasn't the message I was getting so I didn't even consider it. Commenting this but not closing because I don't really now know how your guys workflow works. :)

[benhillis]

I just made a fix that will make the error message cleaner if you're in this state. Thanks for posting!

[huiminghao]

I have the same problem here.
I have 2 pc. One runs WSL2 2.0.6 and fine. The other one runs WSL2 2.0.4 fine, but not with 2.0.5 and 2.0.6. Its Terminal say:
C:\Users\haohuiming>wsl 无法配置 networkingMode Nat)(网络。若要禁用网络，请在C:\Users\haohuiming\.wslconfig中设“wsl2.networkingMode=None” Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/ConfigureNetworking/HNS/0x80070424
Tried with 1.2.5/2.0.0/2.0.2，all the versions works.
config:

[wsl2]
memory=24GB

[experimental]
autoMemoryReclaim=gradual
# networkingMode=mirrored
dnsTunneling=true
# firewall=true
autoProxy=true

[cloph]

@huiminghao I also experienced the problem, but like as the original reporter,I had Hyper-V enabled, but did not have VM platform installed.
Installing VM platfrom from from windows features fixed the problem (using wsl 2.0.6.0, Win 11 23H2) - so please see #10666 (comment) above: If you have Hyper-V on the machine where it doesn't work, installing VM platform feature should fix the problem. If it doesn't, I think it is better to write a separate ticket (I was getting the same errorcode as you 0x80070424, and the same symptoms, so pretty sure it is the same cause & solution - of course no idea what changed in wsl to have that change in requirements, it did work fine in older versions of wsl, but I guess it is related to the new mirrored networking mode/overall rewrite of network stuff, so I'm not complaining....)

[scofieldcool]

I have the same problem here. I have 2 pc. One runs WSL2 2.0.6 and fine. The other one runs WSL2 2.0.4 fine, but not with 2.0.5 and 2.0.6. Its Terminal say: C:\Users\haohuiming>wsl 无法配置 networkingMode Nat)(网络。若要禁用网络，请在C:\Users\haohuiming\.wslconfig中设“wsl2.networkingMode=None” Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/ConfigureNetworking/HNS/0x80070424 Tried with 1.2.5/2.0.0/2.0.2，all the versions works. config:

[wsl2]
memory=24GB

[experimental]
autoMemoryReclaim=gradual
# networkingMode=mirrored
dnsTunneling=true
# firewall=true
autoProxy=true

Select Start, enter Windows features, and select Turn Windows features on or off from the list of results.
In the Windows Features window that just opened, find Virtual Machine Platform and select it.
Select OK. You might need to restart your PC.

[benhillis]

Fixed in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/releases/tag/2.0.7.

@huiminghao - you seem to be hitting something else, please open a new issue.