how to set static ip for wsl

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All credit goes to "bw2k
Benjamin Wang
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bw2k wrote a script & systemd service file:

sudo bash -c 'echo \
"#!/bin/bash
# You can change this CIDR to whatever you want, e.g. 10.10.32.8/24, 192.168.1.10/24
IPADDR=172.32.24.16/24
ip address replace \$IPADDR brd + dev eth0
" > /usr/local/bin/wsl-set-ip.sh' && sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/wsl-set-ip.sh

echo \
"[Unit]
Description=Set the static IP address for this WSL instance
After=network.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/wsl-set-ip.sh
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target" | sudo tee /lib/systemd/system/wsl-set-static-ip.service

then enable this service:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable wsl-set-static-ip.service

It will automatically set the static IP address after every reboot.

BTW:
There is another way to set WSL's Default Virtual Switch IP address (aka host IP). Just Run regedit.exe as Administrator

Locate the following path
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss

Change these two keys to desired value (NatNetwork must be in CIDR format)
NatGatewayIpAddress NatNetwork
Edit: don't forget to reboot

tested on Windows 11 Pro (22H2) with WSL2

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netsh interface portproxy add v4tov4 listenaddress=0.0.0.0 listenport=22 connectaddress=172.19.237.178 connectport=22

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