Samba share connection timeout

Issues & Assistance
1

I’m trying to setup samba share between Linux and Windows 11 PC.
Dolphin sees Windows 11 PC as a folder.
If I try to connect to Windows 11 PC I get the following error:
NT_STATUS_IO_TIMEOUT
Attempting to solve the issue I added min and max protocols to public section of samba.conf file, and so on. NOTHING HELPS! Earlier I setup samba share without any issues on CachyOS. I experience this issue both on CachyOS and Debian Sid Now. Any help?

2

Allow the samba port in ufw.

3

Dear naim!
Everything is allowed!
What is interesting, I can see CachyOS file share folder on Windows PC!
The same timeout error if I DISable UFW.

4

Have you configured the DNS name resolution and added it to /etc/hosts?

5

I guess, I not.
Can you please tell me how to do it?
My host file is as follows:

Standard host addresses

127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

This host address

127.0.1.1 cos

6

The adventure contunues.
My CachyOS PC name is COS
My Windows PC name is ALEXPC
In Dolphin I do see both names as folders if I click Network icon.
Good.
I can open COS folder and see my Public folder on CachyOS.
If I click ALEXPC folder the connection to Windows PC starts but aborts for the reason of TIMEOUT.
Well, if I put the name of Windows PC into the address field like: smb://alexpc - MIRACLE! I see Windows PC and it’s folders.
BUT I WANT NOT MANUAL but automatic connection! And I had it before! And I just repeated the setup procedure which worked earlier on the CachyOS on the same PC. Where is my mistake?

7

Beta testers cannot ask much, else people will call you entitled brat.

8

Nothing about this whole scenario is Beta software as far as I can tell.

11

I deleted my post because my post did not add any value to the point being raised by the OP. Sorry for my rant.

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12

I guess I found the reason and solution!
It was the most unstable piece of the code of all times called Windows.
Somehow it stopped network discovery function. I have no idea how it happened. It just told me that I should switch it on. It was switched on long ago and worked. Everything works now.

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