Mirrored mode networking unavailable in Windows 11

[rlkamalapurkar]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22000.2836]

WSL Version

2.1.5.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.146.1-2

Distro Version

Ubuntu 22.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

Add

[wsl2]
networkingMode=mirrored

to %userprofile/.wslconfig and start wsl.

Expected Behavior

WSL2.0 should start in mirrored networking mode.

Actual Behavior

The prompt says

wsl: Mirrored networking mode is not supported, falling back to NAT networking

Diagnostic Logs

WslLogs-2024-04-02_16-07-28.zip

Networking Logs

WslNetworkingLogs-2024-04-02_16-24-57.zip

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Diagnostic information

.wslconfig found
Detected appx version: 2.1.5.0

[zcobol]

@rlkamalapurkar you need an updated version of Windows for WSL mirrored networking mode. It was introduced in build 22621.2359