Dumb question: Should either modem make noise?

[TheGrandPubaa]

This feels like a dumb question. I just got my line voltage inducer in from DreamcastLive.net and I think I set up the configuration options properly in PlanetWeb/XDP Browser. When I click on the red telephone, the dreamcast eventually tells me the connection was successful, but I can't get a page to load and, well, neither modem makes the sounds I used to associate with dial-up. I'm using DreamPi 1.6 on a Raspberry Pi 2 with the Canakit USB wifi dongle, and I set the gaming DMZ on my Motorola SBG900 to the IP address listed on bootup on the Pi. I tried "ping google.com" on the Pi and got results, so my wifi connection seems to be working. It does list the warning: "startpar: service(s) skipped, program is not configured: dhcpcd ... (warning)"

[TheGrandPubaa]

Here's some log output from when I tried to connect to a website from the website part of PSOV2.

Feb 22 08:35:51 dreampi Opening serial interface to ttyACM0
Feb 22 08:35:51 dreampi ATZ0
Feb 22 08:35:51 dreampi OK
Feb 22 08:35:51 dreampi ATE0
Feb 22 08:35:51 dreampi OK
Feb 22 08:35:51 dreampi AT+FCLASS=8
Feb 22 08:35:51 dreampi OK
Feb 22 08:35:51 dreampi AT+VLS=1
Feb 22 08:35:51 dreampi OK
Feb 22 08:35:51 dreampi AT+VSM=1,8000
Feb 22 08:35:51 dreampi OK
Feb 22 08:35:51 dreampi AT+VTX
Feb 22 08:35:51 dreampi CONNECT
Feb 22 08:36:39 dreampi Heard: 1
Feb 22 08:36:41 dreampi ATH0
Feb 22 08:36:41 dreampi OK
Feb 22 08:36:41 dreampi ATZ0
Feb 22 08:36:41 dreampi OK
Feb 22 08:36:41 dreampi ATE0
Feb 22 08:36:41 dreampi OK
Feb 22 08:36:46 dreampi ATZ0
Feb 22 08:36:46 dreampi OK
Feb 22 08:36:46 dreampi ATE0
Feb 22 08:36:46 dreampi OK
Feb 22 08:36:46 dreampi ATA
Feb 22 08:37:05 dreampi CONNECT 384
Feb 22 08:37:10 dreampi Call answered!
Feb 22 08:37:10 dreampi
Feb 22 08:37:10 dreampi pppd[24234]: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0
Feb 22 08:37:10 dreampi Connected
Feb 22 08:37:10 dreampi pppd[24234]: using channel 7
Feb 22 08:37:10 dreampi Serial interface terminated
Feb 22 08:37:10 dreampi pppd[24234]: Using interface ppp0
Feb 22 08:37:10 dreampi pppd[24234]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyACM0
Feb 22 08:37:10 dreampi pppd[24234]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x7357afc2> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Feb 22 08:37:10 dreampi MAC address: e4688694dd8d8d86018078f23b560aaeee164de687195d7f22218abf4e1bab37
Feb 22 08:37:10 dreampi pppd[24234]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x7357afc2> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Feb 22 08:37:11 dreampi pppd[24234]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 <mru 1500> <asyncmap 0xa0000> <magic 0x1234e748>]
Feb 22 08:37:11 dreampi pppd[24234]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 <mru 1500> <asyncmap 0xa0000> <magic 0x1234e748>]
Feb 22 08:37:11 dreampi pppd[24234]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 192.168.0.99>]
Feb 22 08:37:11 dreampi pppd[24234]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x3 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns2 0.0.0.0>]
Feb 22 08:37:11 dreampi pppd[24234]: sent [IPCP ConfNak id=0x3 <addr 192.168.0.98> <ms-dns1 192.168.0.99> <ms-dns2 192.168.0.99>]
Feb 22 08:37:11 dreampi pppd[24234]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x1 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 192.168.0.99>]
Feb 22 08:37:12 dreampi pppd[24234]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x4 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 192.168.0.98> <ms-dns1 192.168.0.99> <ms-dns2 192.168.0.99>]
Feb 22 08:37:12 dreampi pppd[24234]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x4 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 192.168.0.98> <ms-dns1 192.168.0.99> <ms-dns2 192.168.0.99>]
Feb 22 08:37:12 dreampi pppd[24234]: found interface wlan0 for proxy arp
Feb 22 08:37:12 dreampi pppd[24234]: local IP address 192.168.0.99
Feb 22 08:37:12 dreampi pppd[24234]: remote IP address 192.168.0.98
Feb 22 08:37:12 dreampi pppd[24234]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up started (pid 24297)
Feb 22 08:37:12 dreampi pppd[24234]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid 24297), status = 0x0
Feb 22 08:37:13 dreampi ntpd[2173]: Listen normally on 5 ppp0 192.168.0.99 UDP 123
Feb 22 08:37:13 dreampi ntpd[2173]: peers refreshed
Feb 22 08:40:00 dreampi dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 192.168.0.1 port 67
Feb 22 08:40:01 dreampi dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.0.1
Feb 22 08:40:01 dreampi dhclient: bound to 192.168.0.98 -- renewal in 1735 seconds.

Should I change the DMZ address to 192.168.0.99 instead of .98?

[hawkzer0]

Unfortunately the days of modems making the dial up noise are long gone. Neither the Dreamcasts modem nor the USB modems are equiped with speakers so that is normal.

This may not solve your problem but you are dmz'ing wrong. You don't DMZ the pi address, only the Dreamcasts, which is by default ending in .98

[hawkzer0]

Also welcome to the world of Dreamcast online! I recommend you take advantage of Dreamcast now! to see when other users are online and what they're playing! There is even an Android app. Also the chat box on this site and the Skype group work pretty well to organize people to play with! Look forward to playing with you!

[SEGA RPG FAN]

What pages are you trying to load? Try to pull up dreampipe.net. That is compatible with dreamcast browsers. Most sites these days will take forever to load or fail to load on dreamcast browsers. It's not 1999 anymore.

[TheGrandPubaa]

This may not solve your problem but you are dmz'ing wrong. You don't DMZ the pi address, only the Dreamcasts, which is by default ending in .98

That IP address - the same IP as the Pi is broadcasting, which I think is because I accidentally forced it when trying to set up DMZ - is showing up when I try, for example, Quake 3 Arena, so to account for the possibility that I have done something wrong on the Pi end, i'm going to reflash DreamPi 1.6 and set up the wifi again.

Also welcome to the world of Dreamcast online! I recommend you take advantage of Dreamcast now! to see when other users are online and what they're playing! There is even an Android app. Also the chat box on this site and the Skype group work pretty well to organize people to play with! Look forward to playing with you!

I'm excited to check it out, but first things first, I gotta be able to load a page first.

What pages are you trying to load? Try to pull up dreampipe.net. That is compatible with dreamcast browsers. Most sites these days will take forever to load or fail to load on dreamcast browsers. It's not 1999 anymore.

Oh, i've tried DreamPipe, Google, OnlineConsoles, the Psilocybin Dreams page; they either sit there trying to connect forever or give me an error message about being unable to lookup the host.

*edit: Here's some more logging after I reflashed DreamPi and got the wifi set up:

Dec 10 09:40:15 dreampi ntpd[2185]: peers refreshed
Dec 10 09:40:20 dreampi dnsmasq[2221]: query[A] www.onlineconsoles.com from 192.168.0.98
Dec 10 09:40:20 dreampi dnsmasq[2221]: forwarded www.onlineconsoles.com to 46.101.91.123
Dec 10 09:40:20 dreampi dnsmasq[2221]: reply onlineconsoles.com is 64.22.66.30
Dec 10 09:42:28 dreampi dnsmasq[2221]: query[A] www.google.com from 192.168.0.98
Dec 10 09:42:28 dreampi dnsmasq[2221]: forwarded www.google.com to 46.101.91.123
Dec 10 09:42:28 dreampi dnsmasq[2221]: reply www.google.com is 216.58.201.4
Dec 10 09:45:08 dreampi dnsmasq[2221]: query[A] www.dreampipe.net from 192.168.0.98
Dec 10 09:45:08 dreampi dnsmasq[2221]: forwarded www.dreampipe.net to 46.101.91.123
Dec 10 09:45:09 dreampi dnsmasq[2221]: reply www.dreampipe.net is 192.185.5.88
Dec 10 09:46:39 dreampi dnsmasq[2221]: query[A] www.dreampipe.net from 192.168.0.98
Dec 10 09:46:39 dreampi dnsmasq[2221]: forwarded www.dreampipe.net to 46.101.91.123
Dec 10 09:46:40 dreampi dnsmasq[2221]: reply www.dreampipe.net is 192.185.5.88

It sits trying to connect for a couple of minutes and fails with an error of "Unable to load the requested document. Please try again.", which is encouraging being a different error message but frustrating given it still isn't working for some unknown reason. I can't DMZ the dreamcast's IP address without also entering a MAC address so I don't know what to do there.

[SEGA RPG FAN]

Get rid of all dmz settings and see if browsing works. Normal internet surfing doesn't require dmzing. Those settings might be mucking things up.

[TheGrandPubaa]

Get rid of all dmz settings and see if browsing works. Normal internet surfing doesn't require dmzing. Those settings might be mucking things up.

No DMZ is set up at the moment, so that shouldn't be an issue. Not sure why it almost works but times out.

[SEGA RPG FAN]

Power cycle your router. Is 192.168.0.1 your gateway? Have you tried a wired connection? Make sure you don't have wireless MAC authentication on. Is there a possibility that something else on your network is trying to use 192.168.0.99 or 192.168.0.98 IP addresses?

[TheGrandPubaa]

Power cycle your router. Is 192.168.0.1 your gateway?

Per my Surfboard configuration/admin tool, LAN IP is set to 192.168.0.1.

Have you tried a wired connection?

I'll see if I can temporarily move things to at least confirm wired works but I won't really be able to use it much beyond testing. The router is in another room from the Dreamcast, so it basically has to be wireless for long-term use.

Make sure you don't have wireless MAC authentication on.

I don't see anything about MAC authentication on the router.

Is there a possibility that something else on your network is trying to use 192.168.0.99 or 192.168.0.98 IP addresses?

Nothing else has an IP address that high.

*edit: I moved the setup into the room with the router and wired it up with an ethernet cable aaaaaand....it does the same thing. Seems to connect to the Pi/Internet just fine but acts like it can't transfer any data either way.