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I'm using KDNET to debug a Windows kernel driver on a second laptop via Ethernet cable. It works by directly plugging the Ethernet cable from the host to the target laptop. The process is described in MSDN.

Is it possible to set it up with a proxy machine (or whatever you want to name it) so that I can debug from my debugging machine without being near the target laptop?

Some visualisation for how it's currently set up:

Working & Debugging Machine (Host)
              ^
          (ethernet)
              v
    Target Machine (Target)

This is how it should be:

Debugging Machine (WinDbg is running here)
                  ^
              (wireless)
                  v
      Proxy/Working Machine (Host)
                  ^
              (ethernet)
                  v
        Target Machine (Target)
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WinDbg supports this kind of "proxy", it is called a debugging server (see documentation here). You can run WinDbg on your proxy machine in server mode by specifying the -server command line option:

windbg -server tcp:port=5005 -k net:port=50000,key=<YOUR_KEY>

and then connect to it from the laptop:

windbg -remote tcp:Port=5005,Server=DebuggingMachine

where DebuggingMachine is an address/hostname of your proxy machine.

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