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> 4) When telnetting to my Linux host, the system correctly translates
>    IP name to IP numeric address, tells me it's connected, and then
>    immediately says "Connection closed by foreign host".  

I have run into this one before.  This is because Linux doesn't now about
the cons25 term type.  

Solution: tell Linux about the cons25 term type.

Work around (in tcsh):

% set term = vt100
% telnet lixux_box
          (do work)
% set term = cons25

Greg.