> I cannot seem to be able to even ping any other machine on the > network. I do > > telnet localhost. I get > >localhost: Host name lookup failure.
Telnet is different than ping. Try ping localhost to make sure your loopback interface is working correctly. My bet is you don't have a telnet service running on your box so there is no daemon to answer that request. If you have a server listening on a port you can try telnet localhost <PORT> --Mark Thurman
