Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/ConfigureNetworking/HNS/0x80041002

[convergerutley]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.4169]

WSL Version

2.2.4.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.153.1-2

Distro Version

Kali

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

Running wsl, kali, or docker engine

Expected Behavior

WSL distro to start

Actual Behavior

Failed to configure network (networkingMode Nat). To disable networking, set wsl2.networkingMode=None in C:\Users\USER.wslconfig
Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/ConfigureNetworking/HNS/0x80041002
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Diagnostic Logs

I have sent my logs to [email protected] with the subject line "WslLogs-2024-09-11_12-29-53 GitHub Issue"

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How to collect WSL logs

Download and execute collect-wsl-logs.ps1 in an administrative powershell prompt:

Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/WSL/master/diagnostics/collect-wsl-logs.ps1" -OutFile collect-wsl-logs.ps1
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
.\collect-wsl-logs.ps1

The script will output the path of the log file once done.

If this is a networking issue, please use collect-networking-logs.ps1, following the instructions here

Once completed please upload the output files to this Github issue.

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[convergerutley]

I have emailed the files.

[CatalinFetoiu]

thanks for reporting the issue. can you please collecting networking logs using instructions below?

download https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/blob/master/diagnostics/collect-networking-logs.ps1
run .\collect-networking-logs.ps1 -RestartWslReproMode $True
start WSL
stop collect-networking-logs.ps1
share the zip generated by the script

[Raven-Singularity]

Did you by any chance install VMware Workstation?

That broke my WSL networking, even after uninstalling VMware. It left behind a registry key which prevented virtual network adapters from being created.

This is the registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{3d09c1ca-2bcc-40b7-b9bb-3f3ec143a87b}

After removing this registry key, then clicking Network Reset on the Networking Control Panel page, my system came back up with WSL2 able to start a virtual network again.

Maybe try a Network Reset, and if that doesn't work, check if you have that registry key and remove it, then reboot.

To be clear: the issue is that there is that WSL is unable to create a Hyper-V virtual networking adapter for WSL to connect to the Internet with.

If you don't actually need the Internet, you can disable WSL networking by adding this to C:\Users\YourUserName.wslconfig:

[wsl2]
wsl2.networkingMode=None

[MatthewSteeples]

I was having the same error. Have never had VMWare installed and don't have the registry key mentioned above. I had to tweak the WSL config to say the following (not quite what's written above). Obviously that leaves me without network but that's fine for my use case. I also have the 2024-09 preview installed.

[wsl2]
networkingMode=None

[psynyde]

As a note from a Nix Wsl user. if anyone facing the same issue and want internet to work with it:

• create .wslconfig in your windows userdir. (type cd ~ in powershell and enter)
• put the code below inside the config file:

[wsl2]
networkingMode=mirrored

• put the code below in your configuration.nix:

wsl.usbip.snippetIpAddress = "127.0.0.1";

• install usbipd with winget install usbipd
• reboot windows for good measures