PCMCIA NIC and Inet connection

[Nucking Futs]

   I have installed FBSD 4.8 on my Dell notebook Inspiron 1100. The internal 
NIC is not recognized at all (best as I can tell) so I am trying to use a 
PCMCIA Linksys model PCM100 PC card. The card is on the supported hardware 
list found here 
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.8R/hardware-i386.html#ETHERNET As you 
might has guessed I'm writing because I cant get the card to function 
correctly. During a normal install of FBSD on a workstation with a PCI NIC 
the DHCP scan finds the Road Runner connection from my router automatically 
and I'm set up with internet connectivity, end of story.

  The PCMCIA card was not recognized during install so after reading an 
archive I added pccard_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf.  This made the card to 
be recognized during boot up with a "Beep." I then went  back into the post 
install configuration via /stand/sysinstall and attempted to configure 
additional network interfaces and when doing so the choice "ed1 <3C503 
compatible PCMCIA>" showed up.  I let it automatically configure DHCP and it 
found my connection and  I had internet connectivity!  After a reboot I had 
no internet connectivity again.  In order to get connectivity again I had to 
go to /etc/rc.conf and delete the line ifconfig_ed1="DHCP" and 
hostname="hostname" and go through the automatic configuration which i 
described above.  Again if I reboot I lose inet connectivity.  What do I 
need to add or do differently to make this work?  Thanks in advance for any 
assistance.

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