Kali Linux New Install has No Internet NAT

If you have no internet access on a new install of Kali Linux

root@kali:~# ping www.google.com
ping: www.google.com: Name or service not known
root@kali:~# ping 8.8.8.8
connect: Network is unreachable

and ifconfig has no ip address

root@kali:~# ifconfig -a

eth0: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500

        ether 00:0c:29:3c:6b:02  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)

  

my fix was to run 

root@kali:~# dhclient eth0

And now I have an ip address

root@kali:~# ifconfig -a

eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500

        inet 199.188.229.135  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.229.255

and i can hit google

root@kali:~# ping www.google.com

PING www.google.com (172.217.6.100) 56(84) bytes of data