Netlink

About

Sega Saturn online play tunneling service created by eaudunord, some work is based on dreampi

Installation

Install from the experimental menu

Warning

• If you run your own internal DNS/DHCP/dual nics you will need additional configuration to support this
• You cannot run both dreampi and netlink on the same device without manual configuration (it is technically possible, our installers don't support it, so you need to do it manually, see project page)

Usage

RetroNAS

Make sure the service is running

● netlink.service - netlink for Sega Saturn
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/netlink.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2022-12-03 23:24:47 GMT; 6s ago
   Main PID: 14268 (python3)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 415)
        CPU: 5.354s
     CGroup: /system.slice/netlink.service
             └─14268 /usr/bin/python3 /opt/netlink/tunnel.py

Dec 03 23:24:47 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started netlink for Sega Saturn.

Port Forwards

65432 TCP 20001 UDP 20002 UDP

Saturn

TBA, no hardware to test - refer dreampi

From the Readme

submitted as part of the 28th Anniversary Game Competition

To set up a game:
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For xband games, you need two player ids,  sp and mp#opponentipaddress#. sp for slave, or wait side. mp#opponentipaddress# for master or dial side where opponent IP address is zero padded to three characters in each group and no decimals e.g. 192168007055 for 192.168.7.55 

In Netlink games you either select wait, or dial #ipaddress# in the same format just described. It's possible to use * in place of decimals on Netlink, so #127*0*0*1# is also valid.

References

• https://github.com/eaudunord/Netlink
• https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2022/05/26/saturn-netlink-tunnels-its-way-online/
• https://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8453 (using a Dreampi for Saturn Online)
• https://segaxtreme.net/threads/sega-saturn-28th-anniversary-game-competition.25278/post-183522