[rabbitmq-discuss] getting started, broker runs; can't get status

[Michael Steinfeld]

Hi all,

I've installed erlang and rabbitmq from source on rhel4 (x86_64) and I
can start the broker without issue, but when I attempt to get 'status'
of the broker I fail with

Status of node rabbit at dbase2 ...
{badrpc,nodedown}
...done.

All I have done so far is install it and run the broker, I am using
the default config for now..
I don't see anything relevant in the logs as to what is/not happening..

Can someone tell me what I can do to provide myself and the list with
more information?

Thanks in advance,
-- Mike