[Help] Stuck at handshaking, version 2.0.8

Okay well i'm not very good at giving information about manGOS, but i'll try my best.

I downloaded the manGOS version 2.0.8 (yes i know it's a very old version, but i really wouldn't like to have to start over). After setting everything up, i attemt to login but it only gets me to handshaking or sometimes success, and then it just stays there. I then click cancel, i select United States and it says my server is there, but then i pick it and it just stops at connecting to game server. I don't understand at all.

Here's some information about my game.

1.My realmlist says:

set realmlist 127.0.0.1

2.Like i said, my game version is 2.0.8

3.I don't know what i need from my mangosd.conf file, but it says:

LoginDatabaseInfo = "127.0.0.1;3306;USERNAME;PASSWORD;realmd_bc"
WorldDatabaseInfo = "127.0.0.1;3306;USERNAME;PASSWORD;mangos_bc"

If anyone who can help me needs my full mangosd.conf copied and pasted, i can do that. I just don't really know what is important and what's not.

4. My realmd.conf file says:

2008-01-17 18:30:17 Using configuration file realmd.conf.
2008-01-17 18:30:17 MaNGOS realm daemon /0.7-SVN (Win32)
2008-01-17 18:30:17 <Ctrl-C> to stop.
2008-01-17 18:30:17 Database: 68.42.91.168;3306;root;root;realmd

After database, the part where it says 68.42.91.168 i changed manually. It had no effect.



So anyone who would be able to help me, it would be very HIGHLY appreciated. Btw, i've been searching for about 12 hours total now, i've looked at 3 pages of google just from one search. I've probably looked at more than 10 pages from this website, all that i tried the solutions and i either could not figure them out or nothing happened or it made my server unreadable (usually the second and third ones). So thanks for future reference.

Any ideas?

honestly, you should get 2.3, dont get lazy and stay with an old version, its better if you start over

Is it quick to get running? if it is then i will gladly...also, i cannot find a free version to download. I'm pretty sure the ones this website links cost money. Do you know of a free 2.3.2 version?