Thanks James
Any guesses as to what might be going on with my unit? As mentioned clearly the cable is working because the BDP-2 can see my NAS on the network and still play music from it. All of my other Internet devices are up and running just fine right now, the include my laptop, iPad, NAS, PS3, Xbox 360, XBox One and Denon Blu-ray player. I just rebooted the BDP again and still the Alert pops up. I even switched Ethernet ports on the BDP this time. and also put the Ethernet cable in a free port on my network switcher. When I look at the lights surrounding the cable in the back of the BDP there is a solid orange one and blinking yellow one if that's of any help.
Rod