The most common causes of this are usually an IP entry in the eqemu_config.xml when it's not necessary and/or port forwarding.
Post your eqemu_config.xml while minding your usernames, passwords and randomstring (i.e. omitting them).
And what firewall software and/or router do you use?
<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
<world>
<!-- Set the shortname to ONE word. The longname is what shows up on server list -->
<shortname>cannons_fury</shortname>
<longname>!!!Cannons Fury {Custom Solo NPC Buffs] Test Buff</longname>
<!-- DO NOT EDIT ANY LINES BETWEEN HERE AND THE DATABASE SECTION -->
<address>24.209.54.146</address>
<localaddress>192.168.0.10</localaddress>
<!-- Loginserver information. DO NOT EDIT -->
<loginserver>
<host>login.eqemulator.net</host>
<port>5998</port>
<account>cannon</account>
<password>mypassword</password>
</loginserver>
<!-- Sets the ip/port for the tcp connections. DO NOT EDIT -->
<!-- <tcp ip="127.0.0.1" port="9000" telnet="disable"/> -->
<tcp ip="127.0.0.1" port="9000" telnet="enable"/>
<!-- Sets the shared key used by zone/launcher to connect to world -->
<key>longrandomkey12345lifelessf</key>
<!-- Enable and set the port for the HTTP service. Defaults are shown -->
<!-- <http port="9080" enabled="false" mimefile="mime.types" /> -->
<http port="9080" enabled="true" mimefile="mime.types" />
</world>
<!-- Chatserver (channels) information. DO NOT EDIT -->
<chatserver>
<!-- <host>192.168.1.x</host> -->
<!-- <port>10234</port> -->
<host>192.168.10</host>
<port>10234</port>
</chatserver>
<!-- Mailserver (in-game mail) information. DO NOT EDIT -->
<mailserver>
<!-- <host>192.168.1.x</host> -->
<!-- <port>7778</port> -->
<host>192.168.0.10</host>
<port>10234</port>
</mailserver>
<zones>
<!-- The defaultstatus is what status the new toons will have on your server -->
<defaultstatus>0</defaultstatus>
<!-- Sets port range for world to use to auto configure zones DO NOT EDIT RIGHT NOW-->
<!-- <ports low="7000" high="7100"/> -->
<ports low="7000" high="7400"/>
</zones>
<!-- Set username to root and password is your MySQL password and db to peq -->
<database>
<!-- <host>127.0.0.1</host> -->
<!-- <port>3306</port> -->
<!-- <username>root</username> -->
<!-- <password>xxxxx</password> -->
<!-- <db>peq</db> -->
<host>127.0.0.1</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>mypassword</password>
<db>cannondatabase</db>
</database>
<qsdatabase>
<!-- <host>127.0.0.1</host> -->
<!-- <port>3306</port> -->
<!-- <username>root</username> -->
<!-- <password>xxxxx</password> -->
<!-- <db>peq</db> -->
<host>127.0.0.1</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>mypassword</password>
<db>cannondatabase</db>
</qsdatabase>
<!-- Launcher Configuration DO NOT EDIT-->
<launcher>
<!-- <logprefix>logs/zone-</logprefix> -->
<!-- <logsuffix>.log</logsuffix> -->
<!-- <exe>zone.exe</exe> -->
<!-- <timers restart="10000" reterminate="10000"> -->
<!-- <timers restart="200" reterminate="200" initial="200" interval="200"/> -->
</launcher>
<!-- File locations. DO NOT EDIT -->
<files>
<!-- <spells>spells_us.txt</spells> -->
<!-- <opcodes>opcodes.conf</opcodes> -->
<!-- <logsettings>log.ini</logsettings> -->
<!-- <eqtime>eqtime.cfg</eqtime> -->
</files>
<!-- Directory locations. DO NOT EDIT -->
<directories>
<!-- <maps>Maps</maps> -->
<!-- <quests>quests</quests> -->
<!-- <plugins>plugins</plugins> -->
</directories>
</server>