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No internet connection Ubuntu-WSL while VPN

I have a Ubuntu-20.04 Version 2 WSL running on my Windows 10 Laptop. Everything works fine, I have internet connection. But only as long as I am not connected to a VPN network.

If I connect to my the network of my university using Cisco AnyConnect, I can no longer connect to the internet on WSL, while everything works fine using e.g. firefox in the windows system. I get: ping: google.de: Temporary failure in name resolution

I already tried opening a Windows command prompt in admin mode and type these commands:

netsh winsock reset
netsh int ip reset all
netsh winhttp reset proxy
ipconfig /flushdns
reboot

That worked once, I had access to the internet. But as soon as I disconnected the VPN connection and connected again, I had the same problem all over again. I tried to just execute the commands again and rebooted, but now thats not working anymore.

So I really do not know what else to do. I really need to use WSL while being connected via VPN.

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo
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There is an issue with VPN integration in WSL running on my Windows 10. You need to redirect WSL to VPN, please follow these steps:

STEP-1: Obtain DNS address from Windows Power Shell

>nslookup
Servidor predeterminado:  yyyy.com
Address:  x.x.x.x

or

>ipconfig /all

STEP-2 Open Ubuntu-20.04 Version 2 WSL and open /etc/resolv.conf

STEP-3 Modify /etc/resolv.conf . Add the VPN Address in the first position(I deleted the others directions but it is not necessary), save the file, and try to access again. My file looks like:

nameserver X.X.X.X
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Denunciar

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This worked for me.

How Anyconnect v4.9 breaks it: It adds a route for wsl2 with a low metric 2, lower than 5256, which causes vpn becomes the chosen route, and of course that will never work. As seen below. c:> route.exe print Note: “172.17.228.192 255.255.255.240” is the wsl2 destination subnet. 172.17.228.192 255.255.255.240 On-link 172.17.228.193 5256 172.17.228.192 255.255.255.240 10.255.0.1 10.255.0.71 2 This problem is solved when I change the vpn route metric to 5500, higher than 5256, by doing so: Control Panel – network – click the vpn – property – IPv4 – property, advanced – automatic metric: uncheck it and type in 5500.

source: https://riowingwp.wordpress.com/2020/12/13/anyconnect-bug/

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Denunciar

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WSL2 - VPN Fix:

There is an issue with DNS Forwarding in WSL2 when using VPN (see github Issue). Plus there is a issue with the Cisco AnyConnect. So here is a workaround for these problems. Should work for Ubuntu and Debian.

Workaround

  1. Find out nameserver with windows powershell (during VPN Session)

    nslookup
    

    You'll get the IPv4 adress of your corporate nameserver Copy this address.

  2. Disable resolv.conf generation in wsl:

    sudo nano /etc/wsl.conf
    

    copy this text to the file (to disable resolve.conf generation, when wsl starts up)

    [network]                                                                        
    generateResolvConf = false
    
  3. In wsl Add your corporate nameserver to resolv.conf

    sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf
    

    Remove other entries and add your corporate nameserver IP (if you have a secondary nameserver, add it in a separate line)

    • nameserver X.X.X.X (where X.X.X.X is your address obtained in step 1)
  4. Set your VPN adapter (if you have Cisco AnyConnect) open a admin powershell

    • Find out your VPN adapter name: Get-NetIPInterface (in my case: "Cisco AnyConnect")
    • Set adapter metric (Replace -Match with your name), in my case I have to run this after ever reboot or VPN reconnect:
    Get-NetAdapter | Where-Object {$_.InterfaceDescription -Match "Cisco AnyConnect"} | Set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceMetric 6000
    

    (What is interface metric: Used to determine route, windows use interface with lowest metric)

  5. Restart wsl in powershell: wsl.exe --shutdown

  6. Test it in wsl run: wget google.com - if this command works, you are done.

In my case I get DNS issues when try to connect to internal stuff via browser (on Windows 10, f.e.: intranet), caused by the high metric value set in step 4 (basically kind of disabling VPN Route). So here is the workaround for the workaround:

  1. Check your default metric (of VPNs Interface) in powershell (replace -Match with your interface name)
Get-NetAdapter | Where-Object {$_.InterfaceDescription -Match "Cisco AnyConnect"} | Get-NetIPInterface
  1. When running into problems on Windows 10 restore this default value with admin powershell (replace value at the end with your default value):
Get-NetAdapter | Where-Object {$_.InterfaceDescription -Match "Cisco AnyConnect"} | Set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceMetric 1
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Denunciar

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All that i needed from @kraego answer is

Get-NetAdapter | Where-Object {$_.InterfaceDescription -Match "Cisco AnyConnect"} | Get-NetIPInterface

I couldn't ping 8.8.8.8, but with the metric change it started to work.

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Denunciar
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