In article <440F1520.7090808@gmail.com>,
Patrick Useldinger  <pu.news.001@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I am a NetBSD newbie with a little Linux background (Slackware, 2 
>years). Currenty I am trying to use an usb ethernet adapter with a 
>laptop I've installed NetBSD 3 (i386) on.
>
>I have found that the axe driver supports this particular device but I 
>have been unable so far to find a description on how to proceed. Do I 
>have to create the device nodes (if so, which major / minor?), is a 
>kernel rebuild involved, ... I have had a look at all the doc that is 
>indexed on the NetBSD site but to no avail.
>
>Could anybody provide me with a pointer where to start? A generic 
>pointer (perhaps for an USB device) will do, it doesn't have to be 
>specifially about the DLINK.
>

What are the messages you get when you plug it in? Does ifconfig -a
show it?

christos