# How to connect TurtleBot3 to Windows (WSL2)
**URL:** https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-to-connect-turtlebot3-to-windows-wsl2/49906
**Category:** ROS General
**Tags:** ros2
**Created:** [September 4, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-to-connect-turtlebot3-to-windows-wsl2/49906 "2025-09-04T15:14:59Z")
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### Author:  [@JeremyLebon](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/JeremyLebon)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-to-connect-turtlebot3-to-windows-wsl2/49906/1 "2025-09-04T15:14:59Z")
I’m setting up a lab environment for my students and have replaced the Raspberry Pi 4 on the TurtleBot3 with a Raspberry Pi 5, so all logic now runs directly on the robot.
The challenge: most of my students use Windows PCs. I’d like to use WSL2 and a Docker container to connect to the TurtleBot3 via USB or over a Wi-Fi access point. However, I haven’t been able to get communication working between the TurtleBot3 and WSL2.
Is this even possible? Has anyone managed to get this setup running? I’d appreciate any guidance or tips.
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### Author:  [@RobertKeyser](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/RobertKeyser)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-to-connect-turtlebot3-to-windows-wsl2/49906/2 "2025-09-04T17:14:23Z")
Not sure about the specifics of the TurtleBot, but here are the steps I used to get my USB devices to show up in WSL
Getting USB devices to show up in WSL:
- [GitHub - dorssel/usbipd-win: Windows software for sharing locally connected USB devices to other machines, including Hyper-V guests and WSL 2.](https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win)
- IN WINDOWS as ADMIN:
- $ usbipd list
- $ usbipd bind --busid=
- $ usbipd attach --wsl --busid=
- $ usbipd
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### Author:  [@JeremyLebon](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/JeremyLebon)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-to-connect-turtlebot3-to-windows-wsl2/49906/3 "2025-09-17T14:29:35Z")
I could solve the problem. I nowcan connect from windows pc with rviz to the turtlebot3.
See small [tutorial](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/finally-ros-2-communication-between-wsl2-turtlebot3-jeremy-lebon-ie80e). Enjoy