In a mellow, hopeless voice: Dropped eq, created eq, used eq, sourced db.sql, you know the one that comes with Eqemu 0.4.2 Win32 version, which I'm now trying again, after following MOHAA's instructions. no firewall or router here, had my ini's exactly as M specified. Granted all permissions on all databases, trying to set this comp up as server and client, then will proceed to the rest of my lan. No firewalls or routers. Just a simple 10base2 network 10mbps set at half-duplex on my network card right now. basic private ip setup, not that it matters, since I'm only trying on one computer, not that I haven't tried it on 2 computers. It seems I've tried about everything. Oh yeah, I rtfm. I followed the instructions and interpretted and implemented them intelligently, as the writer would have hoped. It is always in front of me and I am always reading from it. M is my Bible. I'm at the 8 day count now of trying to get this going. Read almost all posts now. Tried everything on them at one point or another. My everquest folder is updated now with the Eqemu patch. Good work on that, as well as the manual. Very thorough and straightforward, I thought. Didn't seem to work for me, but I'm sure it will help someone, and isn't that all we can really ask of M?