Cannot connect to private server from outside home network

[Cuzon01]

I have been searching high and low trying to find a solution to this problem. I spun up a server and can connect to it from multiple PCs here on my home network. The problem I am having is I cannot seem to connect to it from an outside network. I am sure this is probably something super simple that I am missing, but I cant put my finger on it. Below are my config files and screenshots from my router for port forwarding. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Some things to note
Internal IP address 192.168.1.81
External IP address 99.8.62.1
Firewall on hosting PC is set to allow eqemu loginserver, eqemu ucs, eqeqmu world, eqgame, loginserver, loginserver.exe, server.exe, ucs.exe, world.exe, and worldserver.exe

eqemu_config

{
 "server": {
  "zones": {
   "defaultstatus": "0",
   "ports": {
    "low": "7000",
    "high": "7400"
   }
  },
  "qsdatabase": {
   "db": "peq",
   "host": "mariadb",
   "port": "3306",
   "username": "eqemu",
   "password": "eqemu"
  },
  "ucs": {
   "host": "192.168.1.81",
   "port": "7778"
  },
  "world": {
   "api": {
    "enabled": false
   },
   "address": " 99.8.62.1",
   "localaddress": "192.168.1.81",
   "loginserver1": {
    "port": "5998",
    "account": "",
    "password": "",
    "host": "login.eqemulator.net",
    "legacy": "1"
   },
   "loginserver2": {
    "account": "",
    "password": "",
    "host": "192.168.1.81",
    "port": "5998"
   },
   "loginserver3": {
    "account": "",
    "password": "",
    "host": "99.8.62.1",
    "port": "5999"
   },
   "tcp": {
    "ip": "0.0.0.0",
    "port": "9001"
   },
   "telnet": {
    "ip": "0.0.0.0",
    "port": "9000",
    "enabled": "true"
   },
   "key": "nicetrybutremoved",
   "shortname": "Emberwood",
   "longname": "The Emberwood Forests"
  },
  "database": {
   "db": "peq",
   "host": "127.0.0.1",
   "port": "3306",
   "username": "eqemu",
   "password": "9M6yp4HLXoO2bK15v07Dhi8lIc3FSjru"
  },
  "content_database": {},
  "files": {
   "opcodes": "assets/opcodes/opcodes.conf",
   "mail_opcodes": "assets/opcodes/mail_opcodes.conf"
  },
  "directories": {
   "patches": "assets/patches/",
   "opcodes": "assets/opcodes/"
  }
 },
 "web-admin": {
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "application": {
   "admin": {}
  },
  "launcher": {
   "runSharedMemory": true,
   "runLoginserver": true,
   "runQueryServ": false,
   "runUcs": true,
   "isRunning": false,
   "minZoneProcesses": 10,
   "staticZones": "qeynos2",
   "updateOpcodesOnStart": true,
   "deleteLogFilesOlderThanDays": 7
  },
  "quests": {
   "hotReload": true
  },
  "serverCodePath": "/home/eqemu/code/"
 },
 "spire": {
  "encryption_key": "70f80cf2c4a1f71f922e952bbaaf6209356a157b2d13782b2007148142423d2",
  "http_port": 3007,
  "launcher_start": false
 }
}

login file

{
"database": {
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"port": "3306",
"db": "peq",
"user": "eqemu",
"password": "9M6yp4HLXoO2bK15v07Dhi8lIc3FSjru"
},
"account": {
"auto_create_accounts": true
},
"worldservers": {
"unregistered_allowed": true,
"show_player_count": false,
"dev_test_servers_list_bottom": false,
"special_character_start_list_bottom": false,
"reject_duplicate_servers": false
},
"web_api": {
"enabled": true,
"port": 6000
},
"security": {
"mode": 14,
"allow_password_login": true,
"allow_token_login": true
},
"logging": {
"trace": false,
"world_trace": false,
"dump_packets_in": false,
"dump_packets_out": false
},
"client_configuration": {
"titanium_port": 5998,
"titanium_opcodes": "assets/opcodes/login_opcodes.conf",
"sod_port": 5999,
"sod_opcodes": "assets/opcodes/login_opcodes_sod.conf",
"display_expansions": true,
"max_expansions_mask": 524287
}
}

Port Config on router


Port Forwarding config on router

[Dakkon69]

Hate to be a thread necro but did you ever get this working? I have the exact same problem as you, I have dozens of other servers running on my system and cannot for the life of me get the EQEMu to work. I have the same config files with the External IP in those two spots and nada.

[Nightrider84]

So this looks wrong to me.

},
"tcp": {
"ip": "0.0.0.0",
"port": "9001"
},
"telnet": {
"ip": "0.0.0.0",
"port": "9000",
"enabled": "true"

It should be

},
"tcp": {
"ip": "127.0.0.1", <------------------Change to this
"port": "9001"
},
"telnet": {
"ip": "127.0.0.1", <------------------Change to this
"port": "9000",
"enabled": "true"

Also this looks off as well

"address": " 99.8.62.1",
"localaddress": "192.168.1.81",
"loginserver1": {
"port": "5998",
"account": "",
"password": "",
"host": "login.eqemulator.net",
"legacy": "1"
},
"loginserver2": {
"account": "",
"password": "",
"host": "192.168.1.81",
"port": "5998"
},
"loginserver3": {
"account": "",
"password": "",
"host": "99.8.62.1",
"port": "5999"

You need to have your Account and password for the validation server.

"address": " 99.8.62.1",
"localaddress": "192.168.1.81",
"loginserver1": {
"port": "5998",
"account": "", <------------------Change to your World Server Account Login
"password": "", <------------------Change to your World Server Account Password
"host": "login.eqemulator.net",
"legacy": "1"
},
"loginserver2": {
"account": "",
"password": "",
"host": "192.168.1.81",
"port": "5998"
},
"loginserver3": {
"account": "",
"password": "",
"host": "login.projecteq.net", <------------------Change to this
"port": "5999"

Last bit I would recommend is going to NOIP website and create a dynamic DNS. It will update whenever your IP address changes because of power outtages modem restarts ect.
You would replace 99.8.62.1 with whatever you created for the DNS. Also make sure you put the DNS in your EQhost file.
So it would look like

[LoginServer]
Host=YOUR DNS HERE:5999

[joligario]

Originally Posted by Nightrider84

"loginserver3": {
"account": "",
"password": "",
"host": "login.projecteq.net", <------------------Change to this
"port": "5999"

Unfortunately, this login server died last fall.