Dreampi dials but no server will respond

[Gocha]

just do it like on PCwzrd's own video at minute 2:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgRLnj2YR3s&t=2s

[pcwzrd13]

I already deleted all the partitions.. my mistake! Should I recreate the BOOT one?

That's alright. Doesn't matter. When you write the image it will create all the partitions.

[Freedomman10]

So I just labeled the drive as boot and flashed the image. Followed the videos instructions. Ready to boot up now

[Freedomman10]

So I booted up, hooked up to WiFi, tried going on alien front, it dialed but couldn’t get a connection to the server. Kicked me right back out of the online menu. Another weird thing is that I can’t find the Dreamcast on the connected devices list on the router settings page. Yet the two lights are on on the LVI indicating a connection. The pi is connected to WiFi but won’t show that it is on my computer.

[Freedomman10]

I see the MAC address of the dreampi on the pass through fixed MAC address part of the IP pass through settings also. I think they did that when I called my ISP

[Freedomman10]

I deleted that setting and now I see the Dreamcast appearing on the list. I’m going to change the IP as instructed on the troubleshooting page.

[Freedomman10]

Eureka! It works now!!! Now I’m going to try forwarding the ports. They should be forwarded to the .98 address or just the address that appears for the dream pi?

[Freedomman10]

Should I give the dreampi a fixed allocation on my router settings page? It has one in the hundreds rather than .97, .96 or .98. I had it working at .98 last time

[Freedomman10]

I actually was unable to change the IP on the pi via the configuration in the troubleshooting page. Every time I tried, it wouldn’t connect to the WiFi. When I reconnected it to the WiFi , it didn’t stay as .96 like it would at first, it kept going back to .124 . But when I loaded quake, it connected to the server... so it’s connecting to the servers now so that’s good. Just can’t seem to forward the port on alien front. When I allocated the dhcp to .98 last time, it worked.

[Freedomman10]

Okay, so here is where I’m at... I got the Dreamcast able to connect to the servers with a normal IP of .98, but the pi’s IP is at .124 ... the IP is supposed to be at .96, but every time I fix it, it gets disconnected and when I reconnect, it goes back to .124 . I can’t forward the ports as is, any suggestions?