Hi everyone,

I have setup my computer as SMB file share server using windows 10 home (for personal use only), however theres this issue where if a new device connects to the router, it is not able to connect to the SMB server until my computer(the smb server) is disconnected from the router and reconnected to it.

All devices are connected through wifi.

I also tested it by hosting a simple http server on my computer and the same would happen.
Exact steps I took to test the http server:
1. Connect my computer to the wifi
2. Run the simple http server, py -m http.server
3. Make sure the server is running by opening localhost:8000 in browser
4. Connects my phone to the wifi
5. Attempts to open the http page hosted by my computer with its local ip (e.g. http://192.168.0.3:8000)
6. Shows ERR_ADDRESS_UNREACHABLE on my phone's browser (chrome)
7. Disconnects my computer from the wifi and reconnects to it
8. Test again on my phone, and the http page worked

Any idea what could be causing this? I am suspecting there is something configuration needs to be done from the router side to get this fixed.

This post has been edited by Looz: Aug 16 2022, 10:34 PM