can't get to server screen

[ieatacid]

so i have a name and password for these boards that i'm supposed to use to connect to the server, but when i try to it says invalid name or password. the eqhosts.txt file is right, i used the eqemu patcher to revert back to the older files and it still won't work.. what am i doing wrong?

[skrewj00]

ya I can put in my password and all that but when i finally get to server screen, whatever server i put in it will go black, than go back to server screen and say an error, and at the end it said this might just take time so i'll just wait it out.