Lan works fine. External, not so much...

[The_Beast]

This is what I use for (private) "outside" connections for friends to connect.

{
     "server" : {
          "chatserver" : {
               "host" : "127.0.0.1",
               "port" : "7778"
          },
          "database" : {
               "db" : "peq",
               "host" : "127.0.0.1",
               "password" : "password",
               "port" : "3306",
               "username" : "username"
          },
          "mailserver" : {
               "host" : "127.0.0.1",
               "port" : "7778"
          },
          "qsdatabase" : {
               "db" : "peq",
               "host" : "127.0.0.1",
               "password" : "password",
               "port" : "3306",
               "username" : "username"
          },
          "world" : {
               "address" : "external-IP",
               "http" : {
                    "enabled" : "false",
                    "mimefile" : "mime.types",
                    "port" : "9080"
               },
               "key" : "asdfghjklzxcvbnmqwerty",
               "localaddress" : "192.168.X.X",
               "loginserver" : {
                    "account" : "username",
                    "host" : "192.168.X.X",
                    "password" : "password",
                    "port" : "5998"
               },
               "longname" : "PEQ TESTBOX",
               "shortname" : "peqtestbox",
               "tcp" : {
                    "ip" : "127.0.0.1",
                    "port" : "9000",
                    "telnet" : "disable"
               }
          },
          "zones" : {
               "defaultstatus" : "0",
               "ports" : {
                    "high" : "7500",
                    "low" : "7000"
               }
          }
     }
}

[amenifus]

Beast, thanks for the response.

I tried your code and i am able to login but there is no server listing when i do so. here is what it looks like after i edited in my info. Do you seen anything wrong?

{
"server" : {
"chatserver" : {
"host" : "127.0.0.1",
"port" : "7778"
},
"database" : {
"db" : "peq",
"host" : "127.0.0.1",
"password" : "eqemu",
"port" : "3306",
"username" : "root"
},
"mailserver" : {
"host" : "127.0.0.1",
"port" : "7778"
},
"qsdatabase" : {
"db" : "peq",
"host" : "127.0.0.1",
"password" : "eqemu",
"port" : "3306",
"username" : "root"
},
"world" : {
"address" : "external.ip.address",
"http" : {
"enabled" : "false",
"mimefile" : "mime.types",
"port" : "9080"
},
"key" : "k80EdZUUBYpgnXVU6mwax77H7ZHhZ6L",
"localaddress" : "192.168.XX.XX",
"loginserver" : {
"account" : "username",
"host" : "192.168.XX.XX",
"password" : "password",
"port" : "5998"
},
"longname" : "Nexus",
"shortname" : "Nexus",
"tcp" : {
"ip" : "127.0.0.1",
"port" : "9000",
"telnet" : "disable"
}
},
"zones" : {
"defaultstatus" : "0",
"ports" : {
"high" : "7500",
"low" : "7000"
}
}
}
}

[amenifus]

I realized what I did. I had to remove the placeholder username and password from your code paste. It's working great now! Thank you Beast!

For other's reference:

"world" : {
"address" : "external.ip.address",
"http" : {
"enabled" : "false",
"mimefile" : "mime.types",
"port" : "9080"
},
"key" : "k80EdZUUBYpgnXVU6mwax77H7ZHhZ6L",
"localaddress" : "192.168.XX.XX",
"loginserver" : {
"account" : "username",
"host" : "192.168.XX.XX",
"password" : "password",
"port" : "5998"
},