Can't get node ejabberd@thebakershome status: nodedown

I am trying to get ejabberd installed on a Ubuntu Dapper system. I installed it via apt-get and everything seemed to go correctly. However now that I am configuring the system and trying to create users I get the following message as I check the status:

Can't get node ejabberd@thebakershome status: nodedown

I can run "erl" and it gives me the prompt:

erl
Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.4.9 [source] [threads:0]

Eshell V5.4.9 (abort with ^G)
1> halt().

Here is my config file (minus the comment lines):

% Default Debian ejabberd.cfg

%override_acls.
{acl, admin, {user, "geoff"}}.

{acl, local, {user_regexp, ""}}.

{access, configure, [{allow, admin}]}.

{access, register, [{allow, all}]}.

{welcome_message,
{"Welcome!",
"Welcome to Debian Jabber Service. "
"For information about Jabber visit http://jabber.org"}}.

{registration_watchers, ["geoff@thebakershome.net"]}.

{access, announce, [{allow, admin}]}.

{access, c2s, [{deny, blocked},
{allow, all}]}.
{shaper, normal, {maxrate, 1000}}.

{shaper, fast, {maxrate, 50000}}.

{access, c2s_shaper, [{none, admin},
{normal, all}]}.

{access, s2s_shaper, [{fast, all}]}.

{access, muc_admin, [{allow, admin}]}.

{access, muc, [{allow, all}]}.

{access, local, [{allow, local}]}.

{auth_method, internal}.

{hosts, ["localhost","thebakershome.net"]}.

{language, "en"}.

{listen,
% Ordinary client-2-server service
[{5222, ejabberd_c2s, [{access, c2s},
starttls, zlib, {certfile, "/etc/ejabberd/server.pem"},
{shaper, c2s_shaper}]},

{5223, ejabberd_c2s, [{access, c2s},
tls, zlib, {certfile, "/etc/ejabberd/server.pem"},
{shaper, c2s_shaper}]},

{5269, ejabberd_s2s_in, [{shaper, s2s_shaper}]},

"secret"}]}]},

{5280, ejabberd_http, [http_poll, web_admin]}
]}.

% If SRV lookup fails, then port 5269 is used to communicate with remote server
{outgoing_s2s_port, 5269}.

% Used modules:
{modules,
[
{mod_announce, [{access, announce}]},
{mod_register, [{access, register}]},
{mod_roster, []},
{mod_shared_roster, []},
{mod_privacy, []},
{mod_configure, []},
{mod_configure2, []},
{mod_disco, [{extra_domains, ["users.jabber.org"]}]},
{mod_stats, []},
{mod_vcard, []},
{mod_offline, []},
{mod_echo, []},
{mod_private, []},
{mod_irc, []},
{mod_muc, [{access, muc},
{access_create, muc},
{access_admin, muc_admin}]},
{mod_pubsub, []},
{mod_time, []},
{mod_last, []},
{mod_version, []}
]}.

Anyone have any ideas,

thanks in advance