[NEW] BBA Mode for DreamPi

[anti]

I'm not sure if I'm understanding this correctly. I have a DreamPi+Modem and BBA both connected to my network via Ethernet. How would the DreamPi know that my BBA is gaming online if I'm using an upstream DNS server on my BBA (46.101.91.123) and not pointing my BBA's DNS to the DreamPi?

I'll put together a short explanatory guide:

1) You must have a DreamPi/RaspberryPi configured for Wi-Fi.

2) An RJ45 cable (CAT5 or CAT5E) must connect the RaspberryPi's Ethernet port to the BBA.

3) On the RaspberryPi command line, you must execute the activation command:
./bba_mode.sh
4) Then choose option 0 and press enter.

5) On the Dreamcast, make sure that the browser settings for "Planet Web" 3.0 (or similar that works with BBA) your BBA is in DHCP, or if you want to specify it, it should be as follows:
Static IP Config
Dreamcast IP - 192.168.2.2
Netmask - 255.255.255.0
Gateway - 192.168.2.1
DNS1 - 192.168.2.1

6) Connect a BBA Game or Browser

That's it, the Dreampi/RaspberryPi will be the "internet source" to BBA, with the addition of managing the Dreamcast Now, it will open a DCNOW session and recognize the game.

After restarting the raspberryPi, everything goes back to normal and you will be able to connect to a game via dial-up.

After following this guide, you will probably understand the main guide better, in the first post.

No offense, but this sounds a bit backwards. I have ethernet connectivity to all of my devices. If the DreamPi can act as a router, what's stopping you from connecting the BBA and DreamPi to the same network switch and setting your BBA's gateway to the IP of the DreamPi? Why the need for WiFi?

[Scrivani]

No problem, I understand that you don't want to use Wi-Fi. Here are two alternatives, in case it suits you.

1) It is possible to add a second RJ45 output to the Raspberry Pi, through a USB Ethernet adapter, enabling a completely wired connection, an option that is in the instructions.

2) It is possible to use the Dreamcast Now Manual Session option, where you activate the game you want on Now via Raspberry Pi and then you connect your BBA normally the way you already do, but it requires this manual action.

I'll take a look and test the possibility the way you suggested, sound good, i just need to see the python code behavior on that schema, should work , by using raspberrypi also as DNS server.

I'd like to point out that no Dreamcast BBA game can be impacted by a Wi-Fi connection, given the simplistic and low-demand nature of the network connections its games require.