I don't get this wallet either, have been trying for some time to get it to sync. Tried the update with just the one node, tried config files named as axiscoin,.conf and Axis-qt.conf. Have deleted everything but the config file several times as well......no matter what I do the wallet states there are zero active connections. Perhaps the dedicated guys are running into the same issues?
You can try this procedure:
backup wallet.dat file.
remove the content of the [datadir]
start the wallet and sync with axis.conf
put your original wallet.dat in [datadir]
restart the wallet
go to console -> repairwallet.
Supporting new coins is risky.
Hey, thanks for trying to help!! "start the wallet and sync with axis.conf"......I cannot get past this step. The name of the config file you gave me was however a different name than I had seen before so was hopeful that was the problem. The wallet never connects and stays at 0 connections. That is both with a completely empty roaming directory and with just the config file.