It just happened again. This time I have recorded some new information. netstat shows a costant, non zero Send-Q: @ubuntu:~/WORKS/Programs/apache-jmeter-2.9/bin$ date ; netstat -atn | grep 3389 Wed Jun 5 15:23:24 CEST 2013 tcp 0 7301 192.168.122.1:59458 192.168.122.116:3389 ESTABLISHED @ubuntu:~/WORKS/Programs/apache-jmeter-2.9/bin$ date ; netstat -atn | grep 3389 Wed Jun 5 15:23:27 CEST 2013 tcp 0 7301 192.168.122.1:59458 192.168.122.116:3389 ESTABLISHED @ubuntu:~/WORKS/Programs/apache-jmeter-2.9/bin$ date ; netstat -atn | grep 3389 Wed Jun 5 15:23:47 CEST 2013 tcp 0 7301 192.168.122.1:59458 192.168.122.116:3389 ESTABLISHED @ubuntu:~/WORKS/Programs/apache-jmeter-2.9/bin$ date ; netstat -atn | grep 3389 Wed Jun 5 15:24:34 CEST 2013 tcp 0 7301 192.168.122.1:59458 192.168.122.116:3389 ESTABLISHED Sniffing that connection with tcpdump, I can see that no packets flows back from the VM (port 3389) back to the client: 15:22:03.402659 IP 192.168.122.1.59458 > 192.168.122.116.3389: Flags [P.], seq 2389102186:2389102247, ack 1393955760, win 1968, options [nop,nop,TS val 4537984 ecr 1648164], length 61 15:22:03.402676 IP 192.168.122.1.59458 > 192.168.122.116.3389: Flags [P.], seq 0:61, ack 1, win 1968, options [nop,nop,TS val 4537984 ecr 1648164], length 61 --- 30 seconds here --- 15:24:03.722660 IP 192.168.122.1.59458 > 192.168.122.116.3389: Flags [P.], seq 0:61, ack 1, win 1968, options [nop,nop,TS val 4568064 ecr 1648164], length 61 15:24:03.722675 IP 192.168.122.1.59458 > 192.168.122.116.3389: Flags [P.], seq 0:61, ack 1, win 1968, options [nop,nop,TS val 4568064 ecr 1648164], length 61 Looks like a network issue? On 5 June 2013 15:17, Stefano Doni