Okay, I played with this over the weekend and was able to get the server up. I configured the server on a spare laptop i had lying around. I download all the latest code and followed all the instructions. On my client machine, I changed the eqhost file to specify my server address and successfully connected to the login screen and can see my server listed. My problem is that the login screen shows "0 of 0 expansions" in the marquee and it won't let me login. If I change the eqhost file back to specify eqemulator.net, all the expansions are recognized and it works fine.
What could I be missing?
Also, I couldn't find any info on setting up and controlling character acct's...(ex. how to make a character a GM). This is of course once I can successfully login.
