Windows Unable to Control Network Adapters in Linux using Mirrored Mode

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### Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26100.6584]

### WSL Version

2.6.1.0

### Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

- [x] WSL 2
- [ ] WSL 1

### Kernel Version

6.6.87.2

### Distro Version

Ubuntu 24.04

### Other Software

_No response_

### Repro Steps

Delete all distros from WSL.

Reboot.

Set networking mode to mirrored.

Run wsl --install to install default Ubuntu.

Run wsl to get a shell prompt.

Run `ip addr show` to show network configuration. See that eth0 and eth1 are down and have no addresses associated.

Run `dmesg`. Note hv_vmbus and hv_netvsc messages.

### Expected Behavior

Network adapters should be up and have IP addresses assigned. dmesg should not be full of hv_vmbus and hv_netvsc failure messages.

### Actual Behavior

Running `ip addr show` displays the following:

`spauldo@3KZF494:/mnt/c/Users/spauldj$ ip addr show`
`1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000`
` link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00`
` inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo`
` valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever`
` inet 10.255.255.254/32 brd 10.255.255.254 scope global lo`
` valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever`
` inet6 ::1/128 scope host`
` valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever`
`2: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000`
` link/ether e8:cf:83:e1:9f:22 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff`
`3: eth1: mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000`
` link/ether 80:84:89:ee:72:26 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff`
`4: loopback0: mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000`
` link/ether 00:15:5d:de:37:9b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff`
`spauldo@3KZF494:/mnt/c/Users/spauldj$`

When running `dmesg`, the following messages appear repeatedly:

`[ 20.257890] hv_vmbus: probe failed for device af18d668-af9d-434c-b473-99c764c6adde (-19)`
`[ 20.403354] hv_netvsc af18d668-af9d-434c-b473-99c764c6adde (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): unable to open channel: -19`

No routes exist, I am unable to ping anything but localhost.

### Diagnostic Logs

[WslNetworkingLogs-2025-09-16_11-22-03.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/22367563/WslNetworkingLogs-2025-09-16_11-22-03.zip)

Start by reproducing the mirrored-mode setup and inspecting the attached WslNetworkingLogs archive alongside `ip addr show` and `dmesg`. Trace the reported `hv_vmbus` and `hv_netvsc` failures; the issue is done when eth0 and eth1 have addresses and routes, and the repeated failure messages no longer occur.

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