Trouble getting Zones / World to startup

[Manzinus]

Hello, this is first time trying to run an EQEmu server so I'm sure mistakes were made. Now I followed the Complete Windows-based Public Server Setup Guide. Ran into some trouble when I came up to Step 4, which is "Downloading, installing and updating the PEQ database". Of coarse thats the old database linked in that section. So I sourced all of that stuff in like it said then downloaded the beta and sourced all that stuff in and was so confused I pulled my hair out. Searched around on forums and found two good posts about starting over and just using peqbeta source. So I went into mysql command prompt and drop database peq; and then created it again and resourced using just the new stuff.

The rest of the guide I followed to the T. Except for some reason I'm experiencing some troubles opening ports 7000-7100 on my router. How big a problem is this? Could I still test things locally at least? Followed all the steps on my routers config but it refuses to open them. 9000 opens just not that 7000-7100 range.

Anyway so I run the start up bat file and I can open up EQ and find my server on the list and log into it. I'm able to create a character as well. Here is what the 4 server windows look like. After reading posts and searching around I'm starting to think these windows should be saying more.



Now anytime I click to enter world it pops up a box saying "That zone is unavailable."



My eqemu_config.xml looks like this.

<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
<world>
<!-- Set the shortname to ONE word. The longname is what shows up on server list -->
<shortname>SMEGS</shortname>
<longname>Red Dwarf</longname>

<!-- DO NOT EDIT ANY LINES BETWEEN HERE AND THE DATABASE SECTION -->
<!-- <address>do.not.edit</address> -->
<!-- <localaddress>do.not.edit</localaddress> -->

<!-- Loginserver information. DO NOT EDIT -->
<loginserver>
<host>eqemulator.net</host>
<port>5998</port>
<account></account>
<password></password>
</loginserver>

<!-- Server status. Default is unlocked DO NOT EDIT RIGHT NOW -->
<!--<locked/>-->
<!-- <unlocked/> -->

<!-- Sets the ip/port for the tcp connections. DO NOT EDIT -->
<tcp ip="127.0.0.1" port="9000" telnet="disable"/>

<!-- Sets the shared key used by zone/launcher to connect to world -->
<key>dfak02jekjf092ekf92</key>

<!-- Enable and set the port for the HTTP service. Defaults are shown -->
<http port="9080" enabled="false" mimefile="mime.types" />
</world>

<!-- Chatserver (channels) information. DO NOT EDIT -->
<chatserver>
<host>192.168.1.x</host>
<port>7778</port>
</chatserver>

<!-- Mailserver (in-game mail) information. DO NOT EDIT -->
<mailserver>
<host>192.168.1.x</host>
<port>7778</port>
</mailserver>

<zones>
<!-- The defaultstatus is what status the new toons will have on your server -->
<defaultstatus>0</defaultstatus>

<!-- Sets port range for world to use to auto configure zones DO NOT EDIT RIGHT NOW-->
<ports low="7000" high="7100"/>
</zones>

<!-- Set username to root and password is your MySQL password and db to peq -->
<database>
<host>127.0.0.1</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>*******</password>
<db>peq</db>
</database>
<qsdatabase>
<host>127.0.0.1</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>*******</password>
<db>peq</db>
</qsdatabase>

<!-- Launcher Configuration DO NOT EDIT-->
<launcher>
<!-- <logprefix>logs/zone-</logprefix> -->
<!-- <logsuffix>.log</logsuffix> -->
<!-- <exe>zone.exe</exe> -->
<!-- <timers restart="10000" reterminate="10000"> -->
</launcher>

<!-- File locations. DO NOT EDIT -->
<files>
<!-- <spells>spells_us.txt</spells> -->
<!-- <opcodes>opcodes.conf</opcodes> -->
<!-- <logsettings>log.ini</logsettings> -->
<!-- <eqtime>eqtime.cfg</eqtime> -->
</files>
<!-- Directory locations. DO NOT EDIT -->
<directories>
<!-- <maps>Maps</maps> -->
<!-- <quests>quests</quests> -->
<!-- <plugins>plugins</plugins> -->
</directories>
</server>

eqemu_shared_memory.log

---------------------------------------------
[12.07. - 16:10:44] Starting Log: logs/eqemu_shared_memory_4596.log
[12.07. - 16:10:44] Shared Memory Loader Program
[12.07. - 16:10:44] Connecting to database...
[12.07. - 16:10:44] Using database 'peq' at 127.0.0.1:3306
[12.07. - 16:10:44] Loading items...
[12.07. - 16:10:50] Loading factions...
[12.07. - 16:10:50] Loading loot...
[12.07. - 16:10:54] Loading skill caps...
[12.07. - 16:10:54] Loading spells...
[12.07. - 16:10:56] Loading base data...

If I had to take a wild guess I'd go with your ports are not open thats the problem. I've racked my brain for 2 days on this and thats the only thing I can think of. Darn if my router will let me do it though :-( Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advanced.