At first I was going to ask you to edit your bat launcher and put in the following code:

start bin_win32\ac_client.exe --mastertype=0 --init %1 %2 %3 %4 %5
 

But actually it just occured to me that you may not even have the newest version of AC, since it updated from 1104 -> 1202 while you were away. You can use /version to check which edition of AC you're using. If your version is outdated, you can download the current one here: http://assault.cubers.net/download.html

Or find me on teamspeak @ ts-rc.tk (i'm the guy with symbols as his name) and I'll be happy to help with anything else.


EDIT: btw, I merged your two topics.

Nope. You could try using the default port (9987) if you want though. Are you able to ping the hostname via your terminal? If not I'd suggest flushing your DNS cache, and if you can I'd suggest adding the executable for teamspeak as an exception to your firewall.