Windows 10: Windows 11 SMB Direct feature has stopped working

My Windows 11 23H2 machine is behind a NAT router in a WORKGROUP type network. Previously, I could browse shared folders on it from other machines on my network using UNCs like "\\dev9\Downloads".Recently, this feature has stopped working. In Windows File Explorer on the other machine I can actually see my Windows 11 machine DEV9 but when I double-click to drill to the shared folders from another machine on the network I see the following error message:Both machines have 'SMB Direct' enabled and 'SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support' disabled. The 'Diagnose' button concludes there is no prob

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What is "SMB Direct" in Windows Features ?

Improve performance of a file server with SMB Direct | Microsoft Docs

 

What is "SMB Direct" in Windows Features ?

I still don't know what it is . I am an end user . Do you think can I disabled it ?

 

IE 11 not working

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.



I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

Windows 10 has a built-in troubleshooter to check and fix issues with Internet Explorer. I would suggest you to run this troubleshooter to check if the issue is with your Explorer.

Refer these steps:

• Press Windows key +X, select Control panel

• Change the view by option on the top right to Large icons
• Click on troubleshooting and click on the view all option on the left panel
• Run the Internet Explorer performance troubleshooter

And also refer the link below and check if it helps.

Internet Explorer help - Microsoft Support

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help.