Cannot change networking mode on WSL2

[jtrenaud1s]

Windows Version

10.0.19045.3930

WSL Version

2.0.14.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.133.1-1

Distro Version

Ubuntu 22.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

Create .wslconfig in user root dir on windows machine
Set wsl2.networkingMode=mirrored
wsl --shutdown
Restart wsl
wslinfo --networking-mode says NAT, not mirrored

Expected Behavior

wslinfo --networking-mode should say "mirrored"
I should then have internet connectivity on my corporate windows laptop from within a WSL distribution behind global protect vpn

Actual Behavior

wslinfo --networking-mode says "nat"

Diagnostic Logs

No response

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[jtrenaud1s]

A bit more searching and I found this feature is not supported on windows 10. What a pity.