Windows 10: With the most recent Windows Update no longer can see Samba servers in Network

I have several Linux samba servers, that have always appeared properly in Networks as computers. With the latest Windows Update they are gone. I can still access them by \\SERVERNAME but you need to know the name of the server.

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Samba Shares don't show up in Windows 10 Network


I have a peculiar Samba share issue.

I was running Windows 7 on my laptop. I have a file server running Linux and Samba. When I open the Network icon in Windows 7, I see my server there and I can open it and access the associated folder shares.

I upgraded to Windows 10. Now if I double click the network icon, I don't see any machines except my local client laptop. However, if I enter the UNC path to my samba server (\\myserver) into the path bar of Windows Explorer, I can access the server. If I want to add a network printer to my laptop that is shared by the server, it won't find the server in the search list. However, I can enter the literal UNC path to the printer and add it. So it has something to do with nmb I think? Not sure.

Any suggestions on how to resolve it?

 

Network credential prompt while accessing a public share path hosted by samba

The network topology is as follows:





1, samba server (the share is public)

2, pc1 (win10)

3, pc2 (win10)

4, pc3 (win10)

While accessing samba server from pc1 and pc2, there is no network credential prompt.

While accessing samba server from pc3, I will be prompted with the following popup box.





I can give any valid character in the user name form and login successfully (ofc, it should, cuz it's a public share) .

It is a little strange that why pc1, pc2 do not prompt, but pc3 prompt.

I captured network traffic to check what happened there by wireshark, the capture result shows that both pc1 and pc2 would try logon on to samba by windows account after the message of NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE, but pc3 would not try to logon on samba server, so
win10 RST the connection and prompt the credential box.

I checked windows credentials on pc1, pc2, pc3, there is no credential for the samba server.

If a add a credential for samba on pc3 by windows credential manager, the prompt would not appear(on pc1, pc2, I do not need to do this step)

Does any one know what the problem there ? I don't want to see the credential prompt, I don't want to add any credential to trick this problem either .

Any suggestion is appreciate , Thanks.

 

samba/server 2008R2

What is faster samba or server 2008 R2 for file sharing ?