Ethernet Shield + UNO connection problem

Woot,
I got some good news, it's working again. but only with the automatic ip method (dhcp).
if I define the ip address, (either just (mac, ip) or the whole thing) then it doesn't work, wich is weird because manual works fine in the other sketch. This leads me to believe that the router must be blocking it. because it still pigns fine, but it can't connect to my local server.

Any idea?
Cheers, and thanks.