diff -r e968e19a464c -r 9f4063306e54 QTfrontend/hwform.cpp
--- a/QTfrontend/hwform.cpp	Sun Feb 18 12:20:36 2007 +0000
+++ b/QTfrontend/hwform.cpp	Sun Feb 18 12:52:39 2007 +0000
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
 {
   pnetserver = new HWNetServer;
   pnetserver->StartServer();
-  _NetConnect(pnetserver->getRunningHostName(), pnetserver->getRunningPort(), ui.pageNet->editNetNick->text());
+  _NetConnect("localhost", pnetserver->getRunningPort(), ui.pageNet->editNetNick->text());
   pUdpServer = new HWNetUdpServer();
 }