Private Server - No Server in Server Select

[Bytebait]

The login log looks fine. I'm not seeing anything that is telling me it's not working. That's why I'm asking for any ideas on where to look. I read that the October PEQ could be the problem and to rebuild using August but I'm still running into the same problem.

[Debug] [12.11.14 - 23:48:10] Logging System Init.
[Debug] [12.11.14 - 23:48:10] Config System Init.
[Debug] [12.11.14 - 23:48:10] MySQL Database Init.
[Debug] [12.11.14 - 23:48:10] Encryption Initialize.
[Debug] [12.11.14 - 23:48:10] Encryption Loaded Successfully.
[Debug] [12.11.14 - 23:48:10] Server Manager Initialize.
[Network] [12.11.14 - 23:48:10] ServerManager listening on port 5999
[Debug] [12.11.14 - 23:48:10] Client Manager Initialize.
[Network] [12.11.14 - 23:48:10] ClientManager listening on Titanium stream.
[Network] [12.11.14 - 23:48:10] ClientManager listening on SoD stream.
[Debug] [12.11.14 - 23:48:10] Server Started.
[Network] [12.11.14 - 23:49:00] New SoD client connection from 167.245.157.34:51215
[Network] [12.11.14 - 23:49:00] Application packet received from client (size 14)
[Network] [12.11.14 - 23:49:00] Session ready received from client.
[Network] [12.11.14 - 23:49:00] Application packet received from client (size 28)
[Network] [12.11.14 - 23:49:00] Login received from client.
[Client] [12.11.14 - 23:49:00] User: Maggy
[Client] [12.11.14 - 23:49:00] Hash: 1a19c5401c05eaf691d664554e4c3023ea265dc4
[Network] [12.11.14 - 23:49:00] Application packet received from client (size 12)
[Network] [12.11.14 - 23:49:00] Server list request received from client.
[Network] [12.11.14 - 23:49:08] Client disconnected from the server, removing client.

The only thing I can think of would be my own misunderstanding of of the eqemu_config.xml LocalLogin config. What account info is it wanting? Do I leave it blank?

<loginserver>
                        <host>127.0.0.1</host>
                        <port>5998</port>
                        <account>root</account>
                        <password>MySQLPassword?</password>
                </loginserver>

[Drajor]

World connecting to Login is absent from the log.

[Secrets]

You leave account and password blank unless your Loginserver has a username and password, which by default, it's setup to allow non registered world servers.

Remove the credentials and you should be good to go.

[Bytebait]

Nitty gritty troubleshooting.
Doing a netstat -a and the only port open is the MySQL port, all other EQEMU ports I see available.

My sites primary firewall shows no blocked/deny traffic from the client ip to the server. The server's Windows Firewall has all UDP ports and all TCP ports wide open (wont always be open). Client firewall service is disabled. Anti virus doesn't look to be a problem.

world.exe shows database upgrade script is up to date.

Any other suggestions on where to look?

[Secrets]

WorldServer isn't connecting to LoginServer - that's the issue. Are you sure the loginserver is located at 127.0.0.1? Your client is connecting just fine, your WorldServer is simply not connecting to login.

If all else fails, set up your eqemu_config.xml with your external IP, port 5998, no account information, in the loginserver block. See if that works.

EQEmu uses TCP ports 9000 and UDP Ports 9000, 5999, and 5998. If World/Login are on the same PC, you shouldn't have to forward to see the server in the list, but you may run into issues connecting to it externally once it does show up.

Zones also take a port range, and zones also use UDP exclusively (no TCP.)

If it's not showing in the list at all, and you are getting to server select, then that is not a problem with port forwarding but instead connectivity between Login/World.

[Bytebait]

Thank you. Once I swapped to my public IP, it worked like a charm. Thank you!