If you have an internet connection, you might enjoy trying out some of the public servers. They range from Live-Like to very customized and each one is at least a little different than the next. Even if you don't want to group with others, most servers are made to allow decent soloing and some even let you solo to max level fairly easily and quickly.
To get setup for just playing on other servers is really easy. You just follow this guide:
http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...akka=PlayGuide
Setting up your own server is a bit more complex, but this guide can help some:
http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...ka=ws992mysql5
I am not sure if the file you downloaded is the one I am thinking of, but I know Leslamarch has a pre-packed LAN server that you could setup fairly easily and run while not connected to the internet.
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