WSL2 Connection Issues, Timeouts and Unable to Open Stream and Network Unreachable

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1: Try running your composer commands with sail if you using laravel and docker.
example : sail composer require laracasts/generators –dev

2: Second try running

wsl --shutdown
wsl ping google.com -c 4

3: Third try the below power shell command

# Check these threads before proceeding:
# https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/discussions/5857
# https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/5821
if (-Not ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] 'Administrator')) {
  $CmdLine = "-File `"" + $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path + "`" " + $MyInvocation.UnboundArguments
  Start-Process -FilePath PowerShell.exe -Verb Runas -ArgumentList $CmdLine
  Exit
}
# Restart the Host Network Service 
Restart-Service -Force -Name hns
# Restart the Windows Subsystem for Linux Manager
Restart-Service LxssManager
# Restart the WSL Network adapter
Restart-NetAdapter -Name "vEthernet (WSL)"

Article 1

https://gist.github.com/danvy/9486bf730371436131cb888ff4c2ceb6

Article 2

https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/5821