Cannot ping WSL2 from its Windows host

[oregonduckman]

Environment

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.1316]
Release:        20.04
Linux version 5.4.72-microsoft-standard-WSL2 (oe-user@oe-host) (gcc version 8.2.0 (GCC)) #1 SMP Wed Oct 28 23:40:43 UTC 2020

Steps to reproduce

ping 172.17.112.15

Pinging 172.17.112.15 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 172.17.112.15:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

WSL logs:

Expected behavior

successful ping

Actual behavior

ping returns Request timed out.

[therealkenc]

Please screencap the following to get a handle on the state of eth0:

$ cat /proc/version
$ ip addr show eth0
$ ping.exe <ip address of eth0>

Looks something like (if it were working):

Are you able to access the outside world (f.e. /bin/ping 8.8.8.8) from within WSL 2?

Please collect WSL logs and post the backlink to the feedback item here. The run would be starting the distro (run wsl.exe) and do the sequence above. Also please identify any third-party networking software that has been installed on Windows.

Disabling Windows firewall (temporarily) is sometimes worth trying on a lark.

[ghost]

This issue has been automatically closed since it has not had any author activity for the past 7 days. If you're still experiencing this issue please re-open it.

Thank you!

[fkadeal]

Request timed out.
Request timed out.