[ale] PPP and RedHat 4.0

[mshade at mindspring.com (Matt Shade)]

Thomas J. Parker wrote:
> 
> OK, I can get a PPP connection up (it shows up ok with ifconfig).
> I can ping the address of the machine on the other end of the
> connection and it looks ok.  BUT, I can't see (ping or otherwise)
> anything else.
> 
> I know it's something simple I've missed, but I can't seem to figure it out.
> Do I have the routing info messed up?  The lack of help using
> RedHat's xwindows network setup leaves much to be desired for someone
> who is not extremely knowledgeable in that area.

Since you've made the ppp connection, now you should be able open a
telnet window (or ftp or whatever) to the other ip address. Can you do
that?