LAN only works one way.

[Flo]

Me and my frieind are trying to play LAN and since I'm a little farther than him I wanted to join his game. However, when I click on "find games" it is unable to find it. But when he searches he is able to find my room.

[ded]

It may have to do with your sharing settings for the network you are using, a firewall, or some type of network configuration that is blocking you from seeing him.

[Flo]

Firewall is off for both of us, networking sharing options are all enabled

[[☥] - CJ -]

Since you're trying to play on LAN, i take it that means you are both in the same house using the same internet connection?

You can always Invite him via Steam friends.. have you atleast tried that way?

[Flo]

yes some location, using a cable. And yes we have tried through stream but for some reason unable to connect,

[jennifergone]

almost same problem with me. we were able to see each others games befor psycho pack but now only he can see mine. both retail copies purchased on release(Sept), online can connect to each other but not on lan(with steam online of course) any help would be much appreciated.

[Zaric Zhakaron]

Originally posted by jennifergone:

almost same problem with me. we were able to see each others games befor psycho pack but now only he can see mine. both retail copies purchased on release(Sept), online can connect to each other but not on lan(with steam online of course) any help would be much appreciated.

I've heard about this happening with one of my real life friends, he has to my knowledge yet to have found a solution. You guys arn't alone.

[mine]

Here solution posted on 2k forums: http://forums.2kgames.com/showthread.php?138071-Borderlands-2-Multiplayer-problem-and-fix. It's helped me to play with friends!

[jennifergone]

Originally posted by mine:

Here solution posted on 2k forums: http://forums.2kgames.com/showthread.php?138071-Borderlands-2-Multiplayer-problem-and-fix. It's helped me to play with friends!

this is good but I would rather not need another program to do lan when the game itself is capable of doing it(or at least it use to and hopefully will again). I read on another post somewhere on Steam that it has something to do with the Steam servers, we can only hope for a fix soon.

[Bork]

Lan won't work here either, two pcs with different steam accounts connected by the same router, and can't use lan in the game.

[Bork]

That hamachi virtual server fix link... whats the point of that? It's practically the same as playing online friend mode right? internet delay/bandwidth issues. Hamachi doesn't have lan lowping/stability right? might be wrong but damn this is annoying to solve xD

[Relic62]

Have u tried starting steam offline, then go into the game click on network options choose lan and play.

Also you cannot use 1 copy of the game for every member of your household, must have separate versions.

[Bork]

Alrighty, thanks. Strangely my brother connected via lan not long ago, but I wasn't able to join him if he hosted. I'll check his firewall and ports when he gets back. Also, it helps to use the find games button when set to lan network mode xD, I assumed the host would show up automatically on the side like other hosting methods do.

Opening ports 7777 and 7778 in the router helped I think, but only 1 pc can use those port numbers at one time, they can be changed in WillowEngine.ini located in C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\My Games\Borderlands 2\WillowGame\Config.

I'll make sure my brother has hamachi off, firewalls not blocking players, and ports set right.