A connection to the server could not be reached *I searched*

[chamberdown]

I followed the guides very closely. my eqhost file reads exactly as it should, no stray carriage returns or spaces. my eqgame.exe file has the patchme added to the end of it, however, when I startup my shortcut and put in my login credentials it says connecting to server for approximately 10 seconds, then gives me the error in the title, along with telling me to check my internet connection. I am attempting to play on the P99 server, so I also did all the necessary steps for moving that over. The only thing I can think of, is that currently I am stationed in Turkey. and in this country, they have crazy laws and firewalls that prevent a lot of types of network traffic. the only thing I could think of, was maybe using a proxy, but if I don't have to that would be better. also, i can ping www.eqemulator.org and tracert like someone had mentioned in another thread. I looked around for a while trying to find a relevant thread and could find none, any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I'm very interested in trying out this "classic" server.