notdreamnorpi

Hacky pppd wrapper for the masses.

This is a fork of the DreamPi project, updated to port the script to the modern era and to remove the Dreamcast-specific components. (You can still use this with your Dreamcast though!, with some limitations)

Original description

A daemon that creates a bridge between a Dreamcast's Dial-up Modem, and the Internet via the Pi

Installation

• You need a Linux distribution to use this script. Windows will not work unless someone has a scriptable PPP implementation.
• Preferrably a Conexant RD02-D400 modem. Any modem will work however, as long as it is recognizable by both the Linux kernel that you are running, and wvdial.
• Install Python 3.6+ (including pip), ppp, and net-tools from your system's package manager.
• Install these python packages: psutil, pyserial, sh.
  • Arch Linux users should install python-psutil, python-pyserial, and python-sh
  • Debian users should install python3-psutil, python3-serial, and python3-sh
  • Other distributions should consult their package manager's repositories. pip should only really be used if packages aren't available for your distribution.
• Clone this repository, cd into the folder, and run python3 dreampi.py as root.
  • You can call the script with --help to get a list of options.
  • If your device has trouble with the dial tone simulation, append --disable-dial-tone to the command line.
  • If you have PAP authentication setup for pppd (required for old WebTV classic clients in flashrom mode), append --enable-pap-auth to the command line if you'd like to use it.
  • If you want more advanced logging from pppd, append --enable-pppd-debug to the command line.

Changes from the original

• Script is ported from Python 2.x to Python 3.6+
• Dreamcast-specific components are stripped away
• Better compatibility with other modems (detected by your system)
• Command line argument parsing is changed from sys.argv lookup to argparse
• Ability to toggle PAP authentication and logging level
• Faster start with "optimized" code for network detection
• Syslog/systemd-journal requirement removed in favor of just calling pppd directly