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 Somehow I knew I would get a sarcastic reply but let me enlighten you further...if I remove the login and password from that particular location it doesn't connect - and that's with leaving everything else exactly as posted.
 So quit freakin out on me for not reading the manual - a manual, I might add that I have pretty much memorized at this point.
 
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 For the record, I removed those entries and surprisingly still managed to connect this time but the problem described STILL very much exists.  Here is the world dump from that attempt:
 
 LoginServer.ini read.
 Using database 'eq' at 127.0.0.1
 Loading zone names & items...done.
 Loading guild ranks...done.
 World server listening on: port 9000
 Connected to LoginServer: eqlogin1.eqemu.net:5999
 New TCP connection: 127.0.0.1:4671
 New zoneserver: #1 127.0.0.1:4671
 New TCP connection: 127.0.0.1:4672
 New zoneserver: #2 127.0.0.1:4672
 New TCP connection: 127.0.0.1:4673
 Zoneserver SetConnectInfo: 127.0.0.1:4672: 64.228.211.43:7997
 Zoneserver SetConnectInfo: 127.0.0.1:4671: 64.228.211.43:7999
 New zoneserver: #3 127.0.0.1:4673
 New TCP connection: 127.0.0.1:4674
 New zoneserver: #4 127.0.0.1:4674
 New TCP connection: 127.0.0.1:4675
 Zoneserver SetConnectInfo: 127.0.0.1:4673: 64.228.211.43:7995
 New zoneserver: #5 127.0.0.1:4675
 Zoneserver SetConnectInfo: 127.0.0.1:4675: 64.228.211.43:7996
 Zoneserver SetConnectInfo: 127.0.0.1:4674: 64.228.211.43:7998
 75108 New client from ip: 64.228.211.43 port: 4679
 Logged in: LS#5529: Khevor
 Sending list of guilds
 Unknown opcode: 0x3521 size:2056
 Unknown opcode: 0x3921 size:2056
 Unknown opcode: 0x9221 size:4
 0: 20 9C D7 F2                                        |  ...
 Maxclients: -1
 Attempting autobootup of 'freportw' for Shadow
 Zoneserver SetZone: 64.228.211.43:7997 freportw
 Enter world: Shadow: freportw
 Client disconnected
 Removing client from ip:64.228.211.43 port:4679
 Zoneserver SetZone: 64.228.211.43:7997 freportw
 Zoneserver SetZone: 64.228.211.43:7997
 Zoneserver SetZone: 64.228.211.43:7997
 
 
 Any *other* suggestions?
 
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 Upon 3rd attempt, after disabling all of my background programs (except the mysql server) I finally got some more information here that might be of use.  This came from the Boot5Zones window port 7999:
 
 Using database 'eq' at 127.0.0.1
 Loading zone names, items & NPCs...done.
 Spells loaded from 'spdat.eff'.
 Loading guild ranks...done.
 Loading faction data...done.
 Connected to worldserver: 127.0.0.1:9000
 Entering sleep mode
 Map: Mapsfreportw.map not found.
 ZoneID = 9
 Reading zhdr file './cfg/freportw.cfg'
 Using database for safe coords.
 Zone safe coords are x = 181; y = 335; z= 0
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 Zone server 'freportw' listening on port:7999
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 206988 New client from ip: 64.228.211.43 port: 4704
 Login packet 1 (OP_SetDataRate = 5)
 Unexpected packet during CLIENT_CONNECTING2: OpCode: 0xe821, size: 4
 0: 00 00 A0 40                                        | ...@
 Unexpected packet during CLIENT_CONNECTING2: OpCode: 0xe821, size: 4
 0: 00 00 A0 40                                        | ...@
 Unexpected packet during CLIENT_CONNECTING2: OpCode: 0xe821, size: 4
 0: 00 00 A0 40                                        | ...@
 Unexpected packet during CLIENT_CONNECTING2: OpCode: 0xe821, size: 4
 0: 00 00 A0 40                                        | ...@
 Unexpected packet during CLIENT_CONNECTING2: OpCode: 0xe821, size: 4
 0: 00 00 A0 40                                        | ...@
 Unexpected packet during CLIENT_CONNECTING2: OpCode: 0xe821, size: 4
 0: 00 00 A0 40                                        | ...@
 Login packet 2
 Loaded playerprofile for Shadow - size: 8244/8244
 Loaded alt_adv_table for Shadow - size: 256/256
 Login packet 3
 Zhdr request (Login 4)
 Sending zonepoints...done
 Sending objects...done
 Enterzone complete (Login 5)
 Sending doorspawns...done
 Got a player save request (OP_Save)
 Unknown opcode: 0x5621 size:16
 Unknown opcode: 0x5621 size:16
 Client disconnected: Shadow
 Dropping client: Process=false, ip=64.228.211.43, port=4704
 Automatic shutdown
 Message:----SERVER SHUTDOWN----
 Zone shutdown: going to sleep
 
				__________________- Khevor
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