Counter Strike Global Offensive - How to

play a LAN game

August 2014

Counter Strike Global Offensive - How to play a

LAN game
Counter Strike Global Offensive is available through Steam, which allows you to play online
multiplayer games and offline single player. As you will notice there's no option provided to
launch LAN games. In this article you will learn how to play Counter Strike Global Offensive in
LAN mode via the console. Prerequisites.
CS GO must be installed on all the computers.
The computers must be connected to the same network.
Allow CS GO through Windows firewall (Control Panel > Firewall > Allow a program or
feature through Windows Firewall).
Launch Counter Strike Global Offensive.
Click on the Options > Game Settings > Enable the Developer Console
On the computer you want to use a LAN server:
Click on Play > Offline with bots.
Launch a game.
Open the console and type the following command:
sv_lan 1
Your server is now ready, you can now retreive its IP, which will allow the other players can
connect to it.
Type the status command and look for such line:
udp/ip : 192.168.0.103:27015
You can define the number of bot with the following command:
bot_quota
On the client computers:

Open CS GO.
Open the console (from the main menu) and type the following command:
connect xxx.xxx.x.xxx:xxxx
Where xxx.xxx.x.xxx:xxxx is the IP of the server.
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