Ubuntu 13.10 "Timeout was reached" when "Browse Network" selected

Question

I've been having this problem since around 12.04. I just did a fresh install of 13.10 with a dual boot of Windows 7 and the problem still exists.

1. Open Nautilus File Explorer.
2. Select "Browse Network" in the bottom left corner
3. The system will hang for about 20 seconds and it will finally come back and say

Oops! Something went wrong.
Unhandled error message: Timeout was reached

If I wait about 10 seconds and press Browse Network again, it will work fine the second time in.

Any ideas on how to fix this issue?

Answer 1

Add this to the [global] section of the /etc/samba/smb.conf

netbios name = <hostname>
name resolve order = bcast host

Then either restart the smbd and nmbd services or reboot the system.

You should now be able to browse the network shares.