WinDbg loses connection debugging over network, and target machine freeze

Question

I\'m trying to get WinDbg debugging over the network to work, but it always loses connections after I break into the debugger (Debug->Break), and then try to start it again (Deb

Answer 1

I also met this issue, and found that when I try to force shutdown VMWare OS, the windbg connection seems recover before VMWare OS is actually closed. After several tries, I found a weird solution:

When the windbg connection between host and VMWare guest lost, try to click "shutdown VMWare Guest", but DO NOT really confirm. And you may found that the windbg connection recovers! Then, cancel the shutdown.

It's very strange, seems VMWare itself blocked the network debugging connection lost. But at least it's a workaround worth trying.

Another workaround I tried, which sometimes work, is killing windbg in task manager, and re-run windbg and reconnect to VMWare guest. And may need wait seconds to minutes until it reconnects.

btw, my ethernet card is Intel Ethernet Connection I218-V.