I cant' join the friend's server on LAN

[PJ]

my freind created a sercer on LAN and I can't find it...and vice versa even though we are on the same network... anybody know what's wrong?

[lorgarn]

Same here....stopped working without any change....Ports are coming through firewall. Any help on this?

[VaRvUnT]

Try to follow this tutorial: (check method 3)
http://www.wikihow.com/Set-Up-a-Counter-Strike-LAN-Game

[lorgarn]

I dont want to run a game on a dedicated machine. i just want to open a lan server in my lan to play with a friend, in the same way it WORKED MANY TIMES BEFORE! we pulled down firewall on both machines, we tested the the ports with nentstat and telnet, its NO FIREWALL PROBLEM.

[rdsbandit]

I have the same problem with my 3 machines. They have always worked well on Lan when I play with my grandkids and now they will not connect to server on any of the three even though steam says they are in a game. Not a firewall problem here either. Any help would be appreciated.

[Duck.]

Since the last update it's been no LAN

[Santa's Little Gamer]

use hamachi

[rdsbandit]

My grandkids are happy. We can now use the lan and play multiplayer.

[rdsbandit]

I should add that an update must have fixed the previous problem and not anything from my end.

[PJ]

Originally posted by ✡ Mickey Mouse:

use hamachi

What is hamachi?

[aLPha_tONic]

Hmmm i just create a game via the menu and change "sv_lan 1" to "sv_lan 0" in the console then load another map (or the same) and my buddy can join.

I use keybindings for all that so i just press two buttons and my server is ready for shooting, knifing, throwing nades and stuff. :)

bind "i" "sv_lan 0; say sv_lan 0"
bind "l" "changelevel_next"

But what do i know. I'm just a noob playing against bots cooperatively with my buddy to relax after a stressful day.

PS: To open the console go to CS:S's properties in your library and put "-console" in the "set launch options" textbox. (if you put "-novid" in there as well the intromovie will be no longer annoy you ... separate both with a space)

[rdsbandit]

Thanks for the info alphatonic.

[DiGiTaL CLeaNeR]

Can't connect via windows 10 machine as the server, but can when i make it on a windows 7 machine.

[Hunter]

Originally posted by lorgarn:

I dont want to run a game on a dedicated machine. i just want to open a lan server in my lan to play with a friend, in the same way it WORKED MANY TIMES BEFORE! we pulled down firewall on both machines, we tested the the ports with nentstat and telnet, its NO FIREWALL PROBLEM.

Same here. I don't want to run a game on a dedicated machine.

[aLPha_tONic]

Check if CSS is allowed in your firewall settings. Windows 10 is kinda dumb compared to Windows 7 when it comes to allowing obvious good software access through the firewall.

[sealsnipe]

Just wanna bring this back up since this happened to us AFTER enabling the console.. it seems that the console triggered sv_lan to go to the value 1. we changed it and then the map too and bingo bango it worked.
we use hamachi and local lan mixed