Showeq for dummies like me

[spank007]

Thanks for the replies on my original thread
I got showeq working again and wanted to post how and maybe get one more question answered.

First I downloaded 4.3.17 and the patch to 4.3.17b ,as well as the opcodes.h and decode.cpp from the main thread in the dev forum.

$ rm -fr showeq
$ tar xjvf ShowEQ-4.3.17.tar.bz2
$ cd showeq
$ make -f Makefile.dist
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install

Now I had 4.3.17

Heres where I ran into problems
I couldnt get the patch installed, even though I had the patch file downloaded into my src directory.
I tried the command........
patch >

but nothing happened
So i ended up trying this...........
$ cvs -z3 update

This downloaded some files so I figured it was good to go

Next I moved the opcode.h and decode.cpp to the src directory

Then I ..........
$ make -f Makefile.dist
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install

works now except I am zoning in game much faster than my SEQ box is loading the new zone..
So is this what everyone was telling me to do?
What steps did I miss and is there anything I can do to speed up the loading times?

THanks