ran the web server sketch. still no luck and no clue what might be wrong.
In serial monitor it just says "Ready" nothing else ever prints there. disconnected my WiFi and opened the chrome to see if page opens and "Google Chrome could not load the webpage because 192.168.1.2 took too long to respond. "
i have even tried connected a 2nd Ethernet shield (same model, i ordered 2 of these) and same problem with the 2nd one. how else i can trouble shoot this problem?