[Samba] Not showing up in network listing on Win 8.1

[Thomas Schulz]

>> On 26/10/15 18:26, Thomas Schulz wrote:
>>> This may not be a Samba problem, but perhaps people here know the answer.
>>>
>>> We are installing some Windows 8.1 Pro computers. The servers running Samba
>>> 4.2.19 and 4.3.0 are not showing up in the Network display. Our domain
>>> controller is also not showing up. The Windows 7 computers are showing up.
>>> The domain controller is a Windows 2000 machine. I can manually map network
>>> drives to the servers runnin Samba.
>>>
>>> I wonder if the problem is that the Domain Controller is the master browser
>>> and it is too old to work correctly with Windows 8.1 machines.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Tom Schulz
>>> Applied Dynamics Intl.
>>> schulz at adi.com
>>>
>> 
>> Ah, you do know that windows 2000 went EOL 5 years ago?
> 
> Yes I know that. But our 16 year old domain controller is stuck at
> Windows 2000 because of a program that that needs to run and has never
> been updated.
> 
>> Are you running nmbd on the Samba servers. You say that the windows 7 
>> machine are showing up, but showing up where? if they only show on the 
>> windows 7 machines, it may be that the firewall on the win 8.1 machines 
>> is blocking browsing.
> 
> We are running nmbd on the Samba servers. All of our servers are showing
> up on our Windows 7 and Windows XP machines. But only the Windows 7
> machines show up on the Windows 8.1 machines. I just turned off the firewall
> and that looks to have solved the problem. I will have to see if I can
> adjust it so that I can have it on.
>> 
>> Rowland

Following up: The machines came with McAfee Internet Security installed
which was managing the firewall. As McAfee was going to expire after the
30 day trial period, I just uninstalled it. The system went back to the
Windows firewall and network browsing now works correctly.

Thanks for the poiter to the firewall.

Tom Schulz
Applied Dynamics Intl.
schulz at adi.com