Can't log in to VMware Tools

I have installed VMware Server 2.xx (the current version) on my Ubuntu 10.04 host.

Everything seemed to be working fine and I was going to create a new NFS

datastore - at the moment didn't have time to complete the job so

closed the browser and shut down the computer. Now, a few hours later I

try to access VM Tools by opening my browser and entering http://localhost:8222

and my browser returns the message "unable to connect" "check Firefox

firewall settings" and some other stuff so tried using Chrome with the

same result. What happened to my computer in the OFF state over the past

few hours? Everything worked before I turned it off.

I checked my /etc/hosts file and everything seems OK there (I suppose??)

127.0.0.1     localhost

127.0.1.1     leslie-laptop

1. The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts

::1     localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback

fe00::0 ip6-localnet

ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix

ff02::1 ip6-allnodes

ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

ff02::3 ip6-allhosts

The userguide suggests entering the FQDN. I know what the acronym means,

but how do I enter it without a domain? or actual domain name?