The full effect of new punkbuster client files are now active on our ETPub server. If you can't connect, and get stuck in 'awaiting gamestate', please look in your console. If you get an error message: Failed to resolve etguidauth.evenbalance.com, then you need to update punkbuster manually.
The easy way to do this is to get pbsetup.exe at Evenbalance.com.
Here is a shortcut for the file needed by normal players: