Mine's running on a dedicated server also, so it should be about the same thing. Question, if you are in online mode, have you experienced any of the issues that I've mentioned? like the too long to connect???

Also, 2 more nice little links:
MineCrack Graph Paper
http://minedraft.net/#

Absolute Beginners Guide to Everything Redstone
http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewto...1fadf#p1634576