I think I got it working....

After upgrading the network card driver and turning off Norton Firewall on orac, I'm able to ping orac from both orac and tardis without the packets vanishing in to the ether. I still can't view files across my network, though, when I open My Network Places.

Which leads to another question: I currently have Norton Internet Security 2004, and only using its firewall capability. I use AVG for my antivirus protection. Do I still need Norton Internet Security? Or should I rely on Microsoft's built-in firewall? In other words, would it be safe for me to uninstall Norton Internet Security?

[Updated 22:00] I still can't see \\orac\SharedDocs on orac when I open up My Network Places. Nor can I see any systems when I try to view the computers in my workgroup. I tried making a new network place, but when I browse, I don't see "Microsoft Windows Network" under "Entire Network". I did some searching on techrepublic.com and it seems that others have had the same problem.

Jumping on the bandwagon....

My variation:

Copy this sentence into your LJ if you're in a heterosexual marriage -- or have been at one time -- and you don't want it"protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.

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