Teh amazing invisible server issue, redux
 

So, after spending many hours downloading, installing, configuring, pacing, smoking, and swearing I finally got everything up and running on my home computer for an eqemulator server. However, when I get to the loginserver screen my server doesn't appear on the list... I've been reading through older posts on this forum and it looks like this has happened to a couple people before, but the fixes listed didn't do me much good.
I installed using this guide:
http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...ka=ws992mysql5

And set up minilogin using this one:
http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...MiniLoginSetup

Below are the three snippets that seem to be the primary cause of this kind of issue from what I've seen here on the board...

eqemu_config.xml
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
- <server>
- <world>
<shortname>Psycho</shortname>
<longname>PsychoSomatic</longname>
- <!-- address has to be specified for minilogin to work
-->
<address>192.168.1.120</address>
<localaddress>192.168.1.120</localaddress>
- <!-- Loginserver information.
-->
- <loginserver>
<host>192.168.1.120</host>
<port>5999</port>
<account />
<password />
</loginserver>
- <!-- Sets the shared key used by zone/launcher to connect to world
-->
<key>sdrkjh645gdj</key>
- <!-- Enable and set the port for the HTTP service
-->
<http port="9080" enable="true" mimefile="mime.types" />
</world>
- <!-- Database configuration, replaces db.ini
-->
- <database>
<host>localhost</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>********</password>
<db>peq</db>
</database>
</server>

and...

Loginserver.ini
LoginServer]
loginserver=192.168.1.120
loginserver2=
loginport=5999
loginport2=5999
worldname=PsychoSomatic
worldaddress=192.168.1.120
locked=false
account=
password=

[WorldServer]
Defaultstatus=
Unavailzone=

[ChatChannelServer]
worldshortname=
chataddress=
chatport=

[LoginConfig]
ServerMode=MiniLogin
ServerPort=5999

and finally...

serverstart.bat
@echo off
Echo Starting Minilogin

cd C:\eqemu
start Minilogin.exe
echo
echo

cd C:\eqemu
start world.exe
echo waiting a bit for world to finish loading...
echo.
echo.
ping -n 10 127.0.0.1 > nul

echo starting zone
start eqlaunch.exe zone
exit


Any help with this would be greatly appreciated, as I now live so far out in the boonies that connecting to the regular emu servers is impossible... minilogin is basically my last chance to avoid having to go out and have a real life in the accursed sun :P

eqemuloginserver runs fine on a local network. I can't offer you much advice about minilogin since I don't use it and found the alternative much easier to work with.

As he said ^

Screw minilog and get eqemuloginserver, I've got it running on lan, and also my server is on the public, it's probably 50x more efficient than the minilog.

Thanks guys. Did some digging and found the info on how to setup eqemuloginserver, will try it out once I get some sleep in me. Hopefully it works, will let you know.

Got it up and running. Thanks tons guys.