LAN Only Multiplay (have unreliable internet connection)

[niallpatty]

Has anybody had any success with multiplay over a Win 7 LAN (Homegroup)?

I have a poor/intermittent internet connection and want to play sessions again with friends over LAN as was possible with IL2 1946.

I often get a Steam connection error (running Steam in offline mode) on the server PC and the client PC says "connect disabled" after trying direct connect to the server IP and port.

Everything is working fine with both PCs running Win 7 and Multiplayer in IL2 1946.