Connection problem fix
 

I discovered the unzip extract process is NOT replacing the default eqhost.txt file which points the login to Sony's servers.

If you open the eqhost.txt file in your EQ directory and it does not point to "login.eqemulator.net" then you will likely get an error that you cannot connect to the server, check your internet connection. I extracted the correct host file from the ZIP package downloaded from project 1999 website. Connection problem solved.