Can't Get past Login

[Eternal-Elf]

Hey all,
I just download SoF today and followed EVERY step from this site and EQEmu. I have gone over the steps several times to make sure I havn't missed anything and I have done it all, but for some reason when I go to log in I put in my Username and Password and it just says "Logging into server...please wait"

I never get past this screen. Any suggestions?

I was also just told that you can't download SoF you have to do from disks.....but this site says you can use bittorrent....so I dunno what to believe.

Thanks again!