I am trying to create a dedicated server for my brother and I to play on.
I have followed all the steps so far: I have downloaded what I need off of steamCMD,
created my start up '.bat' file, and I have tried starting the server.
It runs a cmd window then generates a lot of code and when it's finished I try to connect and it tells me the connection times out without fail.

Both my brother and I live together and we both use ethernet so I assumed I wouldn't need to forward any ports for him or myself to connect. Just trying to play LAN essentially.

I can give logs from times I ran the server with them enabled and I can try and copy all of the code the server runs on start up if anyone needs that. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!