system update

[bmike101 at cox.net]

> It depends on what's wrong.  What does "ifconfig -a" show?  What does "route
> -n" show? What are the contents of /etc/resolv.conf?  What kind of internet
> connection are you using?
> 

bmike1 at 0[Desktop]$ sudo ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:08:C7:CA:62:4B
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:9 Base address:0xdc00 Memory:df100000-df100038

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          LOOPBACK  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

bmike1 at 0[Desktop]$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
bmike1 at 0[Desktop]$ more /etc/resolv.conf
search ph.cox.net
nameserver 68.2.16.25
nameserver 68.2.16.30
nameserver 68.6.16.30

 So it appears as if the upgrade left my cable modem unwilling or more as unable to do dhcp as after researching it a bit I found that I do not have /sbin/dhclient (the above WAS done from the hard disk os as opposed to the live cd.