Date:        22 Jun 00 11:54:42 CDT
    From:        Petra Hofmann <petra_lynn@usa.net>
    Message-ID:  <20000622165443.21859.qmail@nw171.netaddress.usa.net>

  | My system is a Vines network

You said that a couple of times now ... if Vines is all that you
have available (no native IP) - though that seems unlikely, then I
don't think NetBSD is going to work, there's no Vines support for
NetBSD that I know of (and no reason to create any - now that PCs
are able to do everything useful over IP, everyone is switching that
way, and Vines is vanishing from the face of the planet).

One thing to try is

	ifconfig ex0 up
	tcpdump -i ex0 -n ip

and see if you see traffic flying past.  If you do, then there is IP out
there, and all you need is an address to get connected (which may come from
DHCP, or via static config).   If all there is is silence, then things do
not look good.

kre