Can't ping Windows hostname
Solution 1:
It turned out to be a firewall problem.
Solution as suggested at https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/11/prevent-linux-firewalls-interfering-with-samba-commands-in-a-home-network-that-uses-broadcast-netbios-name-resolution/
iptables -t raw -A OUTPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 137 -j CT --helper netbios-ns
- Add the following lines to the end of the file
/etc/ufw/before.rules
# The following is needed to enable Samba commands to
# work properly for broadcast NetBIOS name resolution
#
# raw table rules
*raw
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
-F OUTPUT
-A OUTPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 137 -j CT --helper netbios-ns
COMMIT
- Restart UFW!