Planetweb Issue and online browsing via Dreamcast
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:35 pm
My Dreamcast works with Alien Front Online and with Quake III (so I am assuming my DMZ questions are now answered). I set up my internet settings with Quake III. I have a copy of XDP. But I don't understand how to make PlanetWeb 2.6 work on it. I open up Planetweb and try to go to a site or I click on the red phone to connect to the internet and it pops up a box message saying "modem messages" which then states "Init Modem" and a little loading ball that rotates with blue and white colors, appears. I can just sit there and wait forever (30 minutes) and nothing changes. It just keeps saying the same message and acting like it is loading. I can connect to like a google search If I go to "Original User Agent" in XDP. I can load a google search. and it says I am connected to the internet. But I can't get past the "Init Modem" stage in Planetweb. I dunno... On top of these issues...well am I missing the point of browsing online with my Dreamcast? What benefits do I gain by browsing online? Am I missing part of the Dreamcast online experience? Look, I am a 2 day in - NOOB to this and I just want to get the most I can get out of my new DreamPi. Like do I need to be able to browse online to set up or get in games? How do I make dreamcast.online/now/ recognize what I play? What is "Dream Passport" for? Do I need to use it? Ok, Ok...lots of questions I guess...But I am so confused. 