Please visit these pages for more details about Network Shell (Netsh):
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/technologies/netsh/netsh-interface-portproxy
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/networking/netsh-advfirewall-firewall-control-firewall-behavior
Please make sure that you have installed Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2):
Install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2)
To SSH into your Linux distro (WSL 2) from a remote machine, please follow these steps:
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Install OpenSSH Server in your Linux distro.
Connect to your Linux distro. Enter: sudo apt install openssh-server
It not already installed, it may be useful to install "net-tools" package: sudo apt install net-tools
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Configure /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.
Connect to your Linux distro. Enter: sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
You can set the local addresses that sshd should listen: "0.0.0.0".
Optionally, you can set the SSH port to another value (make sure that the port is not already used): "2222".
Restart OpenSSH Server: sudo service ssh restart
To test SSH connection: sudo systemctl status sshd
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Forward port from Windows into your Linux WSL distro.
The portproxy server listens for messages sent to a specific port and IPv4 address and maps a port and IPv4 address to send the messages received after establishing a separate TCP connection.
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listenaddress: Specifies the IPv4 address for which to listen ("0.0.0.0" any IPv4 address).
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listenport: Specifies the IPv4 port on which to listen ("2222", you can choose any port you want).
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connectaddress: Specifies the IPv4 address to which to connect ("172.26.110.211", this should be the address of your Linux WSL distro).
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connectport: Specifies the IPv4 port to which to connect ("2222", must match the port your set for your sshd on your Linux WSL distro).
To check the Port:
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Add a new firewall rule to enable the port.
To check the rule:
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To test your configuration, open a terminal in a remote machine.
Enter: ssh mtitek@192.168.2.15 -p 2222
Replace mtitek with the user you have ceated for your Linux distro.
Replace 192.168.2.15 with the IP address of your Windows machine (look for the IPv4 Address in the output of the ipconfig command).
Notes:
To delete the firewall rule:
To delete the IPv4 port and address from the list of IPv4 ports and addresses for which the server listens.: