If you receive the "Unable to obtain a server-assigned IP address" error message
Go to Settings | Connections | Configure Network adapters. Set the 'Remote-NDIS Host' settings to use a specific IP address of 169.254.2.1, subnet 255.255.0.0, default gateway 169.254.2.2

nice info......have you tried changing your DNS and alt. DNS for faster connection? 

gaines said :

If you receive the "Unable to obtain a server-assigned IP address" error message
Go to Settings | Connections | Configure Network adapters. Set the 'Remote-NDIS Host' settings to use a specific IP address of 169.254.2.1, subnet 255.255.0.0, default gateway 169.254.2.2

Gaines, I tryed that but the internet stop working after the change. Once I removing the change, the internet worked again. Only once in a while I receive the message.