4.1.7 Slow To Respond To SMB Network Discovery...

IanSav wrote:
This is *not* documented beta notes fix list.

I wonder if that is because the issue hasn't been specifically addressed? Lack of any acknowledgement of the issue or other feedback, and the suggestion to try the SMBNoDisconnect addon in the last week which seemed to be a guess (and one that no one has reported to have fixed the issue) leads me to conclude that this may be happy coincidence?

Just speculating: the fact that restarting CIFS fixed the issue under 4.1.7 suggests the root cause was related to some change in the NAS boot sequence vs 4.1.6. Wouldn't be a big surprise if that boot sequence has perhaps again changed in 4.1.8 so avoiding the cause whatever it may have been.

FYI: If the issue does come back, there is a simple way to enable automatically bouncing the CIFS service on reboot rather than you have to go into Frontview and do it manually. Not a real solution, but a reasonable workaround.