I assume this port range is opened after logon? That the server does not listen on this port otherwise? I added the firewall rules I mentioned and tried to do a telent at myserveraddress 7000 and it would not make a socket connection.
I tried doing a local telnet on 7000 from the server, no luck.
From my eqemu config file:
<zones>
<defaultstatus>0</defaultstatus>
<ports low="7000" high="7400"/>
</zones>