Automatic IP settings stopped working today . I did not change a thing just started the laptop and no conection to my ethernet lan. It just trys to aquire ..... So I forced the con by switching to and entering manual address settings under use the following IP address. and I get a perfect conection again. Then I went back to auto settings just to check and again no good . Rebooted a few times and still no auto, but perfect forced manual settings. I have two pc's on a linksys ethernet router and the other pc works perfect with auto settings. I tried switching cables from one to the other and still the same problem. could it be the network adapter driver? or anything else ? I have no more ideas.

I will try anything
Please help
Robert