No server listed private local lan

[Rhodan]

Not really a noob but it's been more than 10 years since I ran eqemu last so I may as well be one!

I have eqemu and client on the same machine and I'm slowly getting a server working. Started yesterday afternoon but couldn't figure out how to get the server running properly as private LAN one (no errors I mean) until this morning. Now I figured out how to set the eqgame shortcut and add "patchme" to it so that I get the old login screen instead of the launcher one.

So how I can run the client, login with name and password, show the EMPTY server list and now I'm stuck. Can't seem to figure out why the server isn't being listed.

I've set all my addresses to 127.0.x.x instead of regular internet ones (localhost). and Ports to 5999 (default was 599. I've missed something but can't seem to figure out what it was. Any clues? Should I post any files for a looksee? If so, which ones?