No you must go to lfsworld.net, click the preferences icon, then pubstat access tab.
The you will find a Generate pubstat key option, where you must put your server ip. This number then goes in the cfg file.
Sounds like you may not updated default files.
Whoever purchased the full version should have gotten a link from EQ.
Also, you do not need to restart Airio every time you change or add something, simply make the change, save the file, then type !rld in chat in the server(if you have admin or Limad permissions).
It is much safer to do it that way(regarding your .sta files).