the culprit was my config files on the server.
ive included samples of my config, loginserver, and eqhost if anyone else wanted to try this out, basically lets you create a vpn lan, people pretty much have a static ip with hamachi so low upkeep accountside other than creating the user's account.
hamachi is secure.
i used version 1.0.1.5 - compatable with XP and Vista - i dont have linux so dunno.
pretty much no config required hamachi side, unless you had it before then it could have made a mess, depending how long ago you had it, me in its infancy so i required a regcleaner to fix its first install. im off to a friends now to set them up.
hope this helps i've searched high and low online looking for something like this.
<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
<world>
<shortname>usvrnm</shortname>
<longname>urservername</longname>
<!-- Only specify these two if you really think you need to. -->
<address>hamachiserverip</address>
<localaddress>127.0.0.1</localaddress>
<!--Loginserver information. -->
<loginserver>
<host>hamachiserverip</host>
<port>5999</port>
<account></account>
<password></password>
</loginserver>
<!-- Sets the shared key used by the zone/launcher to connect to the world -->
<key>some long random string</key>
<!-- Enable and set the port for HTTP service. -->
<http port="9080" enabled="true" mimefile="mime.types" />
</world>
<!-- Database configuration, replaces db.ini. -->
<database>
<host>localhost</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>iowe634</password>
<db>peq</db>
</database>
</server>
### --- This file tells world.exe what loginserver to connect to.
### --- Leave the account and password field BLANK.
### --- Public Login is un-supported as is LAN playing. We reccomend using the EQEmu.net Loginserver ALWAYS.
### --- NOTE: Starting 6-1-2002, you can no longer use the word "Server" in worldname.
### --- NOTE2: the word "Server" is added to each server automaticly.
# READ README.TXT
[LoginServer]
loginserver=hamachiserverip
loginport=5999
worldname=urservername
worldaddress=hamachiserverip
locked=false
account=
password=
[WorldServer]
Defaultstatus=
Unavailzone=
[ChatChannelServer]
worldshortname=
chataddress=
chatport=
[LoginConfig]
ServerMode=MiniLogin
ServerPort=5999
[LoginServer]
Host=hamachiserverip:5999