So........... Here is my two cents in what seems to have worked for me.
1st - Here is the pertinent section of my SMB.CONF file that I have edited, which seems to work:
Code: Select all
[global]
## Browsing/Identification ###
# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
workgroup = WORKGROUP
name resolve order = bcast host lmhosts wins
client max protocol = NT1
netbios name = DELL-Latitude
# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable its WINS Server
# wins support = yes
# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
# Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both
; wins server = w.x.y.z
# This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.
dns proxy = yes
Type these commands in the terminal:
Code: Select all
sudo iptables -t raw -A OUTPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 137 -j CT --helper netbios-ns
Code: Select all
sudo apt install iptables-persistent