[samandhi]

You should not have to port forward JUST to connect zone to world... You will hvae to port forward so that everyone else will see your server. You should be able to run zone from a different computer, by setting up your IP address as your internal IP address.. The only thing you should have to put in as your external is your world address (so that eqemu will see it). Where you have to enter an IP address, instead of using your external or localhost, use your internal IP.. Again, the only place you NEED to put your external IP is in world address.... shouldnt even need to put puter on DMZ, (unless you happen to have one of the unlucky routers that require you not only use port forwarding but dmz also, like mine hehe) just make sure your router is NOT filtering internal incoming traffic on that machine...