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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.