Server list is blank (first timer here)

[Wolfshead Sky]

Trying to get my first EQ private server up and running. Near as I can tell, I have the server installed correctly and there seems to be no problems when I fire it up.

Then I get on another machine to try to log into that server and I get as far as the server list screen and it is blank. I can see from the server computer that another computer is accessing the EQ server.

I'm not sure what my issue is and I'm not sure what information I need to provide for those kind enough to help, but I'll try to give what I think you'll need. FYI all of this is as-is from the server download and near as I can tell, I've edited the necessary files appropriately.

Right now I am on a network and simply trying to point to the server machine via the ip address given to me via ipconfig.

I've tried both the Titanium edition as well as Rain of Fear. I am also extremely new to this, so it is very possible that I've missed some details here and there. I appreciate any help offered .

eqhost.txt

[LoginServer]
Host=192.168.104.138:5999

SERVER-SIDE:
login.ini

[database]
host = localhost
port = 3306
db = peq
user = root
password = eqemu
subsystem = MySQL

[options]
unregistered_allowed = TRUE
reject_duplicate_servers = FALSE
trace = TRUE
world_trace = FALSE
dump_packets_in = FALSE
dump_packets_out = FALSE
listen_port = 5998
local_network = 192.168.104.138
auto_create_accounts = TRUE

[security]
plugin = EQEmuAuthCrypto
mode = 5

[Titanium]
port = 5998
opcodes = login_opcodes.conf

[SoD]
port = 5999
opcodes = login_opcodes_sod.conf

[schema]
account_table = loginserver_server_accounts
world_registration_table = loginserver_world_server_registration
world_admin_registration_table = loginserver_server_admin_registration
world_server_type_table = loginserver_server_list_type

eqemu_config.xml

<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
<world>
<!-- Set the shortname to ONE word. The longname is what shows up on server list -->
<shortname>EverquestSky</shortname>
<longname>Everquest Sky</longname>

<!-- DO NOT EDIT ANY LINES BETWEEN HERE AND THE DATABASE SECTION -->
<address>192.168.104.138</address>
<!-- <localaddress>127.0.0.1</localaddress> -->

<!-- Loginserver information. DO NOT EDIT -->
<loginserver1>
<host>login.eqemulator.net</host>
<port>5998</port>
<account></account>
<password></password>
</loginserver1>
<loginserver2>
<host>192.168.104.138</host>
<port>5999</port>
<account></account>
<password></password>
</loginserver2>


<!-- Server status. Default is unlocked DO NOT EDIT RIGHT NOW -->
<!--<locked/>-->
<!-- <unlocked/> -->

<!-- Sets the ip/port for the tcp connections. DO NOT EDIT -->
<!-- <tcp ip="127.0.0.1" port="9000" telnet="disable"/> -->
<tcp ip="127.0.0.1" port="9000" telnet="enable"/>

<!-- Sets the shared key used by zone/launcher to connect to world -->
<key>somelongrandomstring12345asdfffff</key>

<!-- Enable and set the port for the HTTP service. Defaults are shown -->
<!-- <http port="9080" enabled="false" mimefile="mime.types" /> -->
<http port="9080" enabled="true" mimefile="mime.types" />
</world>

<!-- Chatserver (channels) information. DO NOT EDIT -->
<chatserver>
<!-- <host>192.168.1.x</host> -->
<!-- <port>7778</port> -->
<host></host>
<port>7500</port>
</chatserver>

<!-- Mailserver (in-game mail) information. DO NOT EDIT -->
<mailserver>
<!-- <host>192.168.1.x</host> -->
<!-- <port>7778</port> -->
<host></host>
<port>7500</port>
</mailserver>

<zones>
<!-- The defaultstatus is what status the new toons will have on your server -->
<defaultstatus>0</defaultstatus>

<!-- Sets port range for world to use to auto configure zones DO NOT EDIT RIGHT NOW-->
<!-- <ports low="7000" high="7100"/> -->
<ports low="7000" high="7400"/>
</zones>

<!-- Set username to root and password is your MySQL password and db to peq -->
<database>
<!-- <host>127.0.0.1</host> -->
<!-- <port>3306</port> -->
<!-- <username>root</username> -->
<!-- <password>xxxxx</password> -->
<!-- <db>peq</db> -->
<host>localhost</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>eqemu</password>
<db>peq</db>
</database>

<qsdatabase>
<!-- <host>127.0.0.1</host> -->
<!-- <port>3306</port> -->
<!-- <username>root</username> -->
<!-- <password>xxxxx</password> -->
<!-- <db>peq</db> -->
<host>localhost</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>eqemu</password>
<db>peq</db>
</qsdatabase>

<webinterface>
<port>9081</port>
</webinterface>

<!-- Launcher Configuration DO NOT EDIT-->
<launcher>
<!-- <logprefix>logs/zone-</logprefix> -->
<!-- <logsuffix>.log</logsuffix> -->
<!-- <exe>zone.exe</exe> -->
<!-- <timers restart="10000" reterminate="10000"> -->
</launcher>

<!-- File locations. DO NOT EDIT -->
<files>
<!-- <spells>spells_us.txt</spells> -->
<!-- <opcodes>opcodes.conf</opcodes> -->
<!-- <logsettings>log.ini</logsettings> -->
<!-- <eqtime>eqtime.cfg</eqtime> -->
</files>
<!-- Directory locations. DO NOT EDIT -->
<directories>
<!-- <maps>Maps</maps> -->
<!-- <quests>quests</quests> -->
<!-- <plugins>plugins</plugins> -->
</directories>
</server>

[N0ctrnl]

Well, right out of the gate - do NOT use the root user for your DB connections. Create a user and grant them the necessary privs. Also, do the same with the OS. You definitely don't want to be running your server as root either.

[Wolfshead Sky]

To be honest, I have no idea how to change any of that. This is the default installation as given here: http://wiki.eqemulator.org/p?Akkas_P...ctions-windows

At this point, all I am trying to do is get the server up and running. Once I can make that happen, I'll tweak things such as users and their privileges (and, I hope, set everything up nice and secure).

[Wolfshead Sky]

Looks like I may have found my problem. My port under login server 2 was set to 5999 (one of the things I was changing around while trying to figure out why it initially wasn't working). Not entirely sure what the problem was in the first place to prompt me to change it. I decided to try to see if I could get the server to work if I ran the client on the same machine. So after fiddling with some of the settings in eqemu_config.xml, I got it to work. Then I went from there to get the client to work from another machine.

Now on to playing with (and probably breaking) other settings and features!