Can't ping IPs or domains in Ubuntu Server 12.04

[TBBucs]

Ah, adding the dns-nameservers line did the trick.

Now the issue is that I can't access the server from my Windows machines through the GUI. Navigating to \\192.168.1.104 in Explorer gives me a "Windows cannot access 192.168.1.104" error. That would suggest that the server isn't allowing connections from other machines, but how do I go about changing that in Ubuntu Server (note that I don't have a firewall enabled on the server yet, so that's not the issue)?

[TBBucs]

Fixed the Explorer problem. I needed to reconfigure my Samba share, as it got messed up during my reinstall of Ubuntu Server. I can now access the sever through the Windows GUI, as well as SSH into the server.

Thanks for your help everybody!

[Cheesemill]

Do you have any services running on the server to connect to?

For example to access shared drives from a Windows machine you would need to install and configure Samba on your server...
https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/server...ileserver.html