The message was: Network is down. However, the network was not down at all. 
 
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2001/10/29/0000.html

That link describes what I ran into and the solution. I've since rebuilt the 
kernel a couple times and probably don't need the dhclient_flags option 
anymore. Good luck, Todd


> Hi Todd:
> >     I'm using a Linksys LNE100TX
>
> ... snip ...
>
> > The only thing I had to change was to
> > set dhclient_flags="tlp0" in /etc/rc.conf to eliminate an irrelevant
> > error message I kept getting. Hope this is helpful. Todd
>
> What was the error message you were getting?
>
> Enjoy,
>
> --Dan