Alien Front Online Port Forward Quit Working

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The Mr. Video
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Re: Alien Front Online Port Forward Quit Working

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I just cleared out the device list on my router. The Dreamcast's ip address still will not show up on the router's settings page. I've also been having a problem with Dreampi since before resetting the device list where my Dreamcast can connect online, but it cannot connect to any game servers and throw a "No response from master server" error. If I try to use Web Browser 2.0, it will either fail to load the Dreampipe landing page or it will load the page much slower than normal.
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Re: Alien Front Online Port Forward Quit Working

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The Mr. Video wrote:I just cleared out the device list on my router. The Dreamcast's ip address still will not show up on the router's settings page. I've also been having a problem with Dreampi since before resetting the device list where my Dreamcast can connect online, but it cannot connect to any game servers and throw a "No response from master server" error. If I try to use Web Browser 2.0, it will either fail to load the Dreampipe landing page or it will load the page much slower than normal.
I highly recommend sending a pm to pcwzrd13. He's good at diagnosing dreampi issues and can likely get you fixed up :)
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Re: Alien Front Online Port Forward Quit Working

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Sorry you're facing these issues. I know it can be frustrating when your connection stops working all of a sudden. Afraid I'm clueless when it comes to there sort of things. In addition to contacting PC Wizard, you could try the DC-Talk discord server which has a "connection help" channel. Some folks don't check the website all that often anymore but are active there.
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Re: Alien Front Online Port Forward Quit Working

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How is your LVI setup? Inside the modem, outside?

If is there insuficient voltage under him?

Is a raspberry? How is the ac adapter? Above 2amps?

Debug everything. Try dreampi for virtual machine also.

Keep us updated, it can be solved.
Happy if may help:
- BBA Mode for DreamPi: https://bit.ly/3JEIuhs
- VPN Port Fowarding: https://bit.ly/3Bgw4bu
- DC Now Data Analysis: https://bit.ly/42coxXw
- DC KARA NOT DEAD AT ALL- VCD Method: https://bit.ly/3P6VePw
- Know part of BR Community: https://bit.ly/3iLXS12
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Re: Alien Front Online Port Forward Quit Working

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Scrivani wrote:How is your LVI setup? Inside the modem, outside?

If is there insuficient voltage under him?

Is a raspberry? How is the ac adapter? Above 2amps?

Debug everything. Try dreampi for virtual machine also.

Keep us updated, it can be solved.
I did try using a Dreampi virtual machine and the results were the same as when I used the pi. Despite that, I managed to solve the problem for now by connecting a simple Belkin router I got from a yard sale between my ATT Uverse router and my Dreampi. I then DMZed the Dreampi on the Belkin router and Port Forwarded for the individual games to the Belkin's WAP ip address on the Uverse router. I can't DMZ the Belkin because my ATT router can only DMZ dynamic ip addresses as opposed to static ips. I think the main issue is that the Dreampi and Dreamcast share the same MAC address which confuses the ATT router. While it's not the most elegant solution, at least I can play Dreamcast online games again.
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Re: Alien Front Online Port Forward Quit Working

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Great, good job.
Happy if may help:
- BBA Mode for DreamPi: https://bit.ly/3JEIuhs
- VPN Port Fowarding: https://bit.ly/3Bgw4bu
- DC Now Data Analysis: https://bit.ly/42coxXw
- DC KARA NOT DEAD AT ALL- VCD Method: https://bit.ly/3P6VePw
- Know part of BR Community: https://bit.ly/3iLXS12
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