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I have a remote VPN set up, to which I can only connect to via Linux machines. As of now, I do have access from WSL to this VPN, meaning I can ping and interact with the hardware that is only visible inside the VPN.

Now I need to be able to send and receive data from these devices, or in other words, I need to be able to ping them from Windows. Can I expose this VPN from my WSL-Subsystem to Windows? Or somehow route my traffic through WSL?

I am connected via vpnc on Linux, and wsl hostname -I does show me the IP-Address WSL seems to have on the VPN.

The reason for this is that I have some proprietary software which is capable of communicating with proprietary hardware over TCP/IP. The detailed manner with which this communication is established / what kind of data is exactly sent is largely unknown to me.

As I am not the only person interested in such a connection, WSL is appreciated for ease of use and ease of setup for non-technical folks.

Any help is much appreciated.

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  • WSL is not a full VM so it may be you cannot do what you are trying to do.
    – anon
    Commented Feb 19 at 14:11
  • That’s a clear maybe, but. Probably would work, but why bother. Instead, please describe your use case in greater detail. How would you send and receive traffic from these devices? Is it simply a TCP connection? What kinds of clients are we talking about, some proprietary software?
    – Daniel B
    Commented Feb 19 at 14:23
  • You might get further by using a Linux VM.
    – harrymc
    Commented Feb 19 at 14:30

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