tlug: Q: Mini-LAN with PPP

[Manuel Chakravarty <chak@example.com>]

Hi!

Yesterday I played a bit with PPP and tried to set up a kind
of mini-LAN between two Linux machine (neither of which is
connected to an Ethernet or so).  Setting up the ppp
connection itself was no problem (after reading the
PPP-HOWTO), but I had problems with the routing.  In other
words, I could ping each of the machines from the other one,
but I couldn't use any other IP service, such as `rlogin',
`telnet' etc. (I got the error message `network not
reachable').  I tried setting the defaultroute on each
machine to the respectively other machine and I had a look
at the `route' man-page, but I couldn't figure out how to do
it properly.

Did anybody sucessfully use PPP in this way?  If so, how did
you set up the routing?  (I used two IP-addresses from the
range designated for such non-Internet-connected LANs.)

BTW, if somebody is thinking about buying a note, here a
successful install report: In the end, I (or more precisely,
my wife) didn't buy a Sony VAIO PCG-505, but instead its
bigger brother (or sister?!?) the 523.  Putting Slackware on
it was easy so far, I didn't have any problems.  But, as it
has a NeoMagic 2160 graphics accelerator, X isn't fun
without the lattest version of the Xi Graphics server.

Cheers,

Manuel
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