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Thanks, You're right.  I can't join my TeamSpeak server with the WAN IP.  I guess I have to assume it isn't something the SBS 2008 R2 is blocking since it is allowing it over the LAN. 

I did buy a new Router.  A gigabit wireless dual band yada yada.  I spent two weeks trying to find a good wireless router that had some reviews concerning hosting a server, but I was unable to find comments about that. 

The DSL modem I have from Frontier must be the problem even though I have turned on static NAT telling the model the router's IP is the router and NAT for my network.  I can't find anything else in the modem+router combo that I can turn on or off in regards to the loopback.  It does appear I'll need to find and install a 2.5 server that doesn't authenticate through assist in order to host a LAN party with America's Army.  That makes me sad.  It would be nice if I could at least get to a LAN browser tab in assist like I could with the original game.  Then this wouldn't be an issue for me.

Thanks again for your help all.

UPDATE

I finally got my new router installed.  I bought a TP-Link TL-WDR3600 router.  I changed my Westel 7550 Modem settings to static NAT and pointed it to my router.  This is supposed to turn off all NAT functions of my Modem/router unit, forwarding everything unfiltered or blocked by the modem.  I re-setup my home network, rebooted all the PCs. 

I Permanently assigned the IP to my SBS 2008 R2 server and port forwarded:

UDP 1716-1717
UDP 20046-20047
UDP 27900

I have firewall rules set on my server to allow the same ports

I started my game server.  Started the 2.5 assist client on my desktop PC which is on the same LAN.  I can still see the [HQR] Ghost Squad Server in the deploy browser.  It still says X for ping and server is offline.

When I enter the password and click join I get the error message that states:

ERROR:  There is no record of this Game Server on the Assist Master Server, Cannot Authorize, Please try joining a different server.

I'm still having trouble believing it was my router's settings or the NAT loopback issue.  It seems like AA Assist can see the server.  list it's name, map, slots and players on the server, but it cannot measure the ping and doesn't have it listed in its Master Server.

It shows up at Battletracker too.  http://battletracker.com/aaoserver/50.47.122.205:1716/

Unless something has changed since the last time you all tried to help me with this, I assume you all can still join it even though my error message says it's not even listed.

Before posting this I even tried putting the server in the DMZ on my new router with the same results.

Any other ideas or things I can do to rule things out or prove it's the NAT settings?

I don't get this.  Battle tracker has the server listed and is tracking...

http://battletracker.com/aaoserver/50.47.122.205:1716/

AA 2.5 assist shows it in the deploy list.  The ports must be open and communications working or it wouldn't have the correct names, map names, slot count, password status etc.

When I try to join from the deploy page I get this...

Error: No record of this Game Server on the Assist Master Server, Cannot Authorise, Please try joining a different server. 

If there isn't a service being blocked then it seems like it has to do with the master server listing.  Is there some registration process I need to do that isn't mentioned in the guide?

My DSL modem has the router built in.  I can't find an option like NAT loopback.  It looks like I'll have to disable the router in it and reconnect the Belkin Router I had before.  I'm not sure I have time to down everything this weekend.

Would being able to join several computers on my home network to the same online video game IP be an indication of loopback being on?  Or, is that just effecting servers hosted from my home network?

Thanks for the help.

Thanks, I'll look into that.  If it is a connection issue I don't know what it could be.  Most of PB has updated and the server shows up in my game browser so permissions and Internet access seem to be OK for the game and PB.

I'll look at the server tonight and post any warning messages I get during the PB update

Well, it started downloading maps etc like crazy.  Took about an hour or so on my DSL connection.  After that all the fields had stuff in them so I edited the server and hit start.  The guide did say it would take a long time the first startup and much faster after that, but it was still doing PB downloads and installs this morning when I went to work.  That  seems nuts.  I hope by the time I get home today I can join the server from my LAN and work on the ports.

Are the peer ports listed in the ports sticky necessary for assist and battletracker?

Hello,

I may be miss-understanding how this works but I downloaded the assist server manager for windows on my laptop and unzipped it to a thumb drive.  Copied it to the server and tried to run it.  I get the server manager form page but when I try to enter things I get the following error.

"An exception of class OutOfBoundsException was not handled.  The application must shut down."

I'm running it as administrator.  Any idea where to start troubleshooting this error?

Yeah, just for me.  I don't have the bandwidth or experience to do this for hire.