Kali-Linux WSL2 is unable to connect to Internet

[CurtisDufour]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.4529]

WSL Version

2.2.4.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

No response

Distro Version

Kali Linux

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

In Kali Terminal:

sudo apt update - expect connection to repos. Does not.

[sudo] password for kali:
0% [Working]```

**ping 8.8.8.8** - expect ping of Google DNS - Does not work
```PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 172.21.49.232 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 172.21.49.232 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 172.21.49.232 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
^C
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 4149ms
pipe 4```

**ping 127.0.0.1** - ping of localhost works
```ping 127.0.0.1
PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.158 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.076 ms
^C
--- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1024ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.076/0.117/0.158/0.041 ms```


```ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:15:5d:60:81:3b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 172.21.49.232/20 brd 172.21.63.255 scope global eth0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::215:5dff:fe60:813b/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever```

 **ip r**
```default via 172.21.48.1 dev eth0 proto kernel
172.21.48.0/20 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 172.21.49.232```

**cat /etc/resolv.conf**
```# This file was automatically generated by WSL. To stop automatic generation of this file, add the following entry to /etc/wsl.conf:
# [network]
# generateResolvConf = false
# nameserver 172.21.48.1
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4```

**cat /etc/hosts**
```# This file was automatically generated by WSL. To stop automatic generation of this file, add the following entry to /etc/wsl.conf:
# [network]
# generateHosts = false
127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.1.1       DESKTOP-FOM8I03.        DESKTOP-FOM8I03

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters```

**cat /etc/wsl.conf**
```[boot]
systemd=true

[network]
generateResolvConf = false
generateHosts = false``` <-- I turned these off to modify my /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hosts during my own failed troubleshooting

### on Powershell side:
**ipconfig /all** - look at  vEthernet (WSL) connection

```Ethernet adapter vEthernet (WSL):

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::fbe:5123:665d:5c0a%66
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.190.131
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :```

### Expected Behavior

I'm expecting my WSL2 to connect to the internet so that I can run updates and actually use the tools that I installed it to use.

### Actual Behavior

Does not connect to DNS. Does not connect to network besides its own localhost. I cannot figure out any configurations that will allow me to connect it to the internet my host  computer has access to. I think it has to do with the APIPA address and lack of default Gateway on the Windows side of the vEthernet connector, but I have been unable to modify it to make anything happen, and it doesn't look like anyone else out there has ever had this same error. 

### Diagnostic Logs

Troubleshooting results are above.

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Diagnostic information

Detected appx version: 2.2.4.0

[jackrdye]

Same issue, this is a major bug! Unable to develop at all due to it. I hired a networking guy to check network ip configurations were correct, and he said all looked good and couldn't figure out why theres an issue.

[OneBlue]

/dupe 8365

[BatelAhmed]

Had the same issue. Here is how to fix it:

Go to Windows Terminal run "ipconfig", find your Default Gateway.
Then go to WSL Kali and do
Do : sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf
Edit the "nameserver" address to the Default Gateway
Ctrl+S, Ctrl+X
sudo apt-update

should work, hope that helped.