Is EMuShareMem.dll in the directory where your server is being run from?
Yes sir it is, however I totally rebuilt the whole server again, painstakingly following it to the letter. I did notice that a new rev2142 not 2098 was out. so I only sourced updates from there. It now spawns 5 zones correctly at least I think.
Dont see server in the EMU server list publicly so I must have done something wrong in the eqemu_config.xml file.
Router is port forwarding all required ports to this machine... and it looks like it connects to the public login. Could be wrong though.
At least I am further along

thanks bunch. Now next problem to research.
Thanks for all the help here guys!
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