Timeout error when accessing Samba shares from Windows machine

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Windows machine times out when trying to access the Samba shares using windows explorer with following error:

    Network Error: Windows cannot access \\samba-server\share
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x
  • Samba 4.8
  • Microsoft Windows 10

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