Thank you for that link. There is an opt-out provided for DNS redirection. I tried that and with the smb.conf set back to the default, the network browse gui is now working. If i try a ping <any name> however, it returns a "host unknown" error. Pinging to the ip address works as expected. So, there is still a name resolution issue of some kind here.
Is there some reason Ubuntu does not do the same kind of SMB broadcast resolution on local names as Windows? I don't mind tinkering a bit, as that's how I learn, but I'm thinking of the average new user who tries to network his home or small office and this stuff just does not work as expected.
Thank you for that link. There is an opt-out provided for DNS redirection. I tried that and with the smb.conf set back to the default, the network browse gui is now working. If i try a ping <any name> however, it returns a "host unknown" error. Pinging to the ip address works as expected. So, there is still a name resolution issue of some kind here.
Is there some reason Ubuntu does not do the same kind of SMB broadcast resolution on local names as Windows? I don't mind tinkering a bit, as that's how I learn, but I'm thinking of the average new user who tries to network his home or small office and this stuff just does not work as expected.