OK, I found out why I could telnet other IPs but not my own.
The Linksys WRT160Nv3 is capable of using telnet, but the stock Linksys firmware is set up to refuse connections. I spent a while talking with my manufacturer's tech support and found out form the horse's mouth. One of the reasons that people upgrade to DDWRT before going to something like Tomato is because DDWRT firmware does support telnet, which is nice to have that as an option if something goes wrong during the flash.
I'm marking this as solved. Linksys stock firmware for this router does not work with telnet. Now that I have DDWRT firmware, (I upgraded last night,) I can telnet my router and issue shell commands.
The Linksys WRT160Nv3 is capable of using telnet, but the stock Linksys firmware is set up to refuse connections. I spent a while talking with my manufacturer's tech support and found out form the horse's mouth. One of the reasons that people upgrade to DDWRT before going to something like Tomato is because DDWRT firmware does support telnet, which is nice to have that as an option if something goes wrong during the flash.
I'm marking this as solved. Linksys stock firmware for this router does not work with telnet. Now that I have DDWRT firmware, (I upgraded last night,) I can telnet my router and issue shell commands.