Hi. When you see it detected, you should see the name at the beginning
of the line. It should be similar to this:

em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 1.7.19> port 0xbc00-0xbc1f

In my case em0 is the device. If you see Xircom come up somewhere at
startup, but don't see a device in ifconfig, then there probably was
an error initializing the card. Unfortunately, I don't know what to
tell you if this is the case. It could be that compatibility
issue. I've had a few cards just not play nice with NetBSD.

BSDs don't put ethernet devices in /dev. After it is booted, you can
take a look at `ifconfig -a`. If there is a device that resembles your
NIC, then you can add the correct file in /etc so it will be set up at
boot time. /etc/ifconfig.xi0, (provided that the card comes up as
xi0), /etc/mygate and /etc/resolv.conf are good ones not to forget
either. Good luck.

Regards,
elliot

On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 06:07:15PM +0100, S Dobson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have recently setup netbsd on an old z50 as a means for me to learn more 
> about unix. I've set most things up on it but am having problems with a 
> xircom creditcard ce3b-100 ethernet 10/100 pcmcia network card. Netbsd 
> detects it but doesn't give it a device name (such as xi0 or eth0). If I 
> look in the /dev directory there are no network devices listed (such as 
> wi0, eth0, etc). Should there be? Should I be doing anything more to 
> configure the card? Do I need to create a file in /etc such as ifconfig.xi0 
> ? Is it perhaps a problem with the specific card's compatibility with 
> netbsd? any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
> 
> steve