LAN Hosting (The easy way)

[Darky]

After finding a bunch of tutorials about how to create a simple LAN server and all we ended up with was a complete download of the Dedicated Version, we found a way easier way and would like to share this with you guys.

Simple when you are in the main menu of the game, open the console and type the following:

ip <LAN IP here>
hostname <name of your server>
map <name of map (district_coop)>

Now of course you want bots, just wait untill the game starts and type:
ins_bot_add 1

For your friends to join your privately hosted LAN server, just type:
connect <hosting LAN IP>

Oh and make sure you guys do this with Steam in offline mode!

[wingter_]

Very useful answer to me. BTW, am i supposed to type "sv_lan 1" into the console in the case where I only need to play with my mates in the LAN?
I tried this out personally before officially testing it, but looks like, as the listenserver, I dont see my lobby on the LAN tab in the Server Browser. Anything wrong?

[Arc]

Please do not necro years old threads.

The question is, do you need to see your own lobby at all ? Or rather, do you even need server browser to begin with for LAN ?

If you are testing it (by having 2 client games) use direct connect instead.
And if clients know the LAN IP beforehand, you can bind it to a key (bind F5 "connect IP:PORT" for example) and make it that much easier to connect.