Got it!
My static IP was outside the Subnet Mask IP range:
Using the 4th octet address of 240 if I subtract 256 - 240 = 16
so starting at xxx.xx.xx.0
16
32
48
64
80
96
112 and so on.... My IP address was .50 and my Gateway was .45 putting the two IP's outside the .32 to .64 IP address range and in different networks.