Hello there,

I am new to ROS and trying to start a ROS master in a Windows 10 computer with WSL Version 1. In WSL, i only set ROSIP and ROSMASTERURI using `export ROSIP=192.XXX.XXX.ABandexport ROSMASTERURI=http://192.XXX.XXX.AB:11311` inside .bashrc of WSL. After setting ROSIP and ROSMASTER_URI as such, i did roscore in the WSL to start the master. But, after doing roscore, i ran into the following exception:

RLException: ERROR: could not contact master [http://192.XXX.XXX.AB:11311] The traceback for the exception was written to the log file

PC

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• OS: Windows 10

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• WSL OS: Linux Ubuntu 20.04

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• WSL Version: 1

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• ROS Distro: Noetic

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• IP Address: 192.XXX.XXX.AB

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• ROS_IP: 192.XXX.XXX.AB

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• ROSMASTERURI: http://192.XXX.XXX.AB:11311

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Could you help me on this issue please?

Thanks in advance.

P.S. If i use ROSHOSTNAME in place for ROSIP i can start the master. But still curious about why i can't achieve this with ROS_IP.