I have a Linux machine with two network interfaces, and I'd like to get the IP address of the PPP interface w1g1 but it doesn't show up in ifconfig. There is a public IP on the PPP interface, but there is no internet connection, I'm trying to troubleshoot but I need to get the IP address of the interface and I can't. ifconfig : eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:48:8D:F0:2C inet addr:192.168.2.254 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::230:48ff:fe8d:f02c/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:9970 errors:0 dropped:567 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4338 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:1441024 (1.3 MiB) TX bytes:915814 (894.3 KiB) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:675 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:675 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:50659 (49.4 KiB) TX bytes:50659 (49.4 KiB) w1g1 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:240 Metric:1 RX packets:748994 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:748992 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:3 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:179758560 (171.4 MiB) TX bytes:179758080 (171.4 MiB) Interrupt:177 Memory:f881c400-f881e3ff w1g1 is connected to a modem by an RJ45<-Serial cable and the modem is connected to the phone line. The modem is a NOKIA DNT2Mi you can see it here Routing table : 192.168.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.254 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link default via 192.168.2.180 dev eth0