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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I found a solution for my situation regarding wsl not being shared publicly to local area network.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>No need for netsh and the connectaddress=<some changing address><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Docker to the rescue.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So instead of just testing as I develop under wsl I can just run my source files and runit under a docker container.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Simply publish the port.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Example:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Assume you have a dockerfile that sets up an image for nodejs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Docker build –tag node-lw-server .<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Docker run –publish 7000:8000 node-lw-server <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Curl <a href="http://192.1668.50.193:7000/test">http://192.1668.50.193:7000/test</a><o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal>My computers ip address is static, only my wsl changes. Docker publishes the ip address to the localhost and is visible to the local area network.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You can find out your computers ip address by running at the DOS command prompt:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ipconfig<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The output you pay attention to the ipv4 lines. Ignore adapters you are not using.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For me I have 2 ethernet adapter and 1 wireless adapter. I only want the wireless adapter.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This was quite confusing for me for awhile, since my firewall settings from my windows 10 days must have created a problem. Firewall reset solved it. I am running Windows 11 Pro<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lewis Wood<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:lewislwood@gmail.com">lewislwood@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>