problems connecting to login server. Connection Refused

[Merth]

I'm not sure what tutorial you're following, but it is REALLY outdated.

First of all, run 0.5.0. You don't have the dec 2002 client, I assume. 0.4.4 is sooo 2002.

Second of all, this is just a debug message that can be ignored:

[Error] CURRENT_WORLD_VERSION:EQEMu 0.4.4

Third of all, you're using a login server that doesn't exist:

[LoginServer]
loginserver=eqlogin1.eqemu.net
loginserver2=eqlogin2.eqemu.net

Fourth of all, this is wrong:

I've seen people hint that the "5999" port is associated to EQEMu 0.5.0, and I am running 0.4.4.

5999 = 0.4.4
5997 = 0.5.0