VS2010 remote debugging with default transport problem

Question

Hi, I need to do remote debugging of managed code (.NET) on a server hosted on a different network. Neither the client or server is on a domain so i have to use the public ip of the server.

I'm trying to use Visual Studio -> Attach to process -> default transport with the qualifier [email protected] but it's not working.

I get the error message : "Unable to connect to the Microsoft Visual Studio Remote Debugging Monitor named '[email protected]'. There is no server by the specified name running on the remote computer"

This error message tells me i can connect just fine but it can't find the msvsmon instance (which is 'john@WEB-001'). So i tried to use the combination of qualifiers such as WEB-001\[email protected] and xx.xx.xx.xx\john@WEB-001 but neither are working.

If I choose the transport "Remote (Native only with no authentication)" it connects just fine and I can see the process list on the server but it is pretty much useless because I can't debug managed code.

The administrator 'john' exists on both computer with the same password

Windows 2008 R2 X64 (Server)
Remote debugging component (VS2010) X64 installed
Firewall off
Msvsmon new server named 'john@WEB-001' running as john

Windows 7 X64 (Client)
Visual studio 2010 running as john
Firewall off

Any idea how to fix this, or is this scenario not supported? Thanks

Answer 1

having you tried putting web-001 in your hosts file, and connecting as john@web-001?

Answer 2

Try adding the server name to your hosts file:

192.168.1.100 WEB-001

Replace the IP with your own. Native code debugging is done over plain TCP/IP with no security but native code requires DCOM to enforce security, I don't understand the reason but ....