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/ WSL2-PortForward.cmd
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November 10, 2020 15:18
A simple CMD file to expose an open port in WSL2 to your entire LAN
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| @ECHO OFF | |
| SET LXDISTRO=MyWSL2vm & SET WSL2PORT=3399 & SET HOSTPORT=3398 | |
| NETSH INTERFACE PORTPROXY RESET & NETSH AdvFirewall Firewall delete rule name="%LXDISTRO% Port Forward" > NUL | |
| WSL -d %LXDISTRO% -- ip addr show eth0 ^| grep -oP '(?^<=inet\s)\d+(\.\d+){3}' > IP.TMP | |
| SET /p IP=<IP.TMP | |
| NETSH INTERFACE PORTPROXY ADD v4tov4 listenport=%HOSTPORT% listenaddress=0.0.0.0 connectport=%WSL2PORT% connectaddress=%IP% | |
| NETSH AdvFirewall Firewall add rule name="%LXDISTRO% Port Forward" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=%HOSTPORT% > NUL | |
| ECHO WSL2 Virtual Machine %IP%:%WSL2PORT%now accepting traffic on %COMPUTERNAME%:%HOSTPORT% |