On 6 Dec 2002 15:00:01 -0600, netbsd@ns.purk.ee wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Create /etc/ifconfig.xi0 and add line 'up'
> 
> /etc/rc.conf
> -------------
> dhclient=YES
> dhclient_flags="-q xi0"
> --------------
> 
> It should work simple like that or sometimes it depends on your ISP,
> man dhclient.conf

In http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-help/2002/07/19/0001.html
I talked about a Xircom carbus card that would not configure with
dhcp. After the referenced article was posted, I set up a series
of dhcp configurations that work with any other nic, but none of
them worked with the Xircom cardbus card. Never solved the problem.
The laptop is no longer available to test with.

>> I am running NetBSD 1.6 i386 on a laptop
>> it has a Xircom creditcard 10/100 + 56k
>> 
>> When the machine boots it detects the card as a xircom
>> realport which isn't quite right (I thought that
>> realport was a different product to the creditcard),
>> however I don't think that this is the problem as I
>> can manually ifconfig an IP address into the PC and
>> get the IP stack working that way.