Samba + Windows 8 not always working

[Faelenor]

Hi,

I setup my pogoplug as a NAS server using this guide:

http://blog.qnology.com/2013/03/tutoria ... linux.html

My samba share is working perfectly when accessed from my Windows 7 and OSX machines, but on the Windows 8, I doesn't always work. I can see my pogoplug in the network, but when I try to access it, Windows will tell me that it's not accessible. Usually, after a while (5-10 minutes) I will finally be able to access the samba share from the Windows 8 computer! That is really annoying.

Here's the content of my smb.conf file:

[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = SERVER
netbios name = SERVER
load printers = no
printing = bsd
printcap name = /dev/null
disable spoolss = yes
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 50
socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_KEEPALIVE
write cache size = 2097152
use sendfile = yes

#unprotected/public share without login
security = user
map to guest = Bad User
guest account = root

[root$]
path = /
read only = no
public = yes
writable = yes
#force user = root
guest ok = yes

[Fichiers]
path = /media/usb/nas
read only = no
public = yes
writable = yes
#force user = root
guest ok = yes

I repeat to make it clear: it works fine on other computers running other OS, and at the same time I get the error on the Win8 machine.

Any idea?

Thank you.