Well thanks for the help than.
Some more info. I've never been able to connect to any of my previous servers using my external ip, even though all my friends could still connect. I'm positive my firewall isn't blocking anything since its completely off and I'm positive my port is opened considering I've ran bukkit and regular minecraft servers for the past 2 years for my friends and the ip must be correct seeing that it is the same ip my friends used for my past servers.