Xerxes Okay so i both put pc and laptop in online mode, set a private match in pc and tried connecting to private match via friends in laptop. But it got stuck in connecting forever. The laptop is connected to pc hotspot. Pc is connected to the main router via ethernet. Is that what you mean by connect?

Hey i tried your method and it works but is there a way to increase the main menu music sound? I have tried audacity to amplify the music by 2 db but that doesn't do too much and i am scared of the clipping warning it gives.

Xerxes Okay thanks! So do we have to start both the host and clients in the LAN mode, and the host sets up the game and clients connect to it via 'friends' option?

Xerxes yes to requires server key or yes we can play without server key?

Does that still require a server key?