2.0.xx kernels and DHCP

[Dave Erickson <gsa700@mediaone.net>]

I use a Mediaone cable modem to serve my home network. I have bee
running
Debian for about a year but suddenly Debian no longer works. It loads up
my eth0 and eth1, it starts up DHCP and gets an IP address, but then
any time I try to access the net it says that the network is
unreachable.

I Installed Red Hat 6.1 (and a few other 2.2.xx based distros) and it
works no problem. I don't have any other 2.0.xx based dists to test it
on but I am guessing that is the problem. When you update Debian from
Slink(2.0.xx based) to Potato(2.2.xx based), you have to update the
DHCPCD package before the 2.2.xx kernel can use it, which leads me to
believe that is the culprit.

Second opinions are welcome.

-- 
Dave Erickson
"People are where they are because
 that's exactly where they want to be"
                    --Earl Nightingale