Normally one would need a router rather than hub, but you haven't described your network well enough for me to be certain.  Has this computer ever been able to connect to the internet through this hub?  You can provide a bit more information if you go to Start > Run and type cmd then click OK.  In the command prompt window that opens, type ipconfig /all then hit the Enter key.  Copy down all of the resulting ouput and put in a reply to this message.

Steve

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

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C:\Documents and Settings\Dupe>ipconfig /all



Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Duplication

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Cont

roller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-1F-74-27-FD

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.105

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 205.152.46.254



C:\Documents and Settings\Dupe>

grrr sorry, it is a Linksys cable/dsl router. No, none of the other computer are set to that ip address. I enabled DHCP and still nothing as far as internet goes.

You are apparently using a static IP address for this network card.  Are you sure that this is a unique IP address (i.e. that no other computer on your local network is using the same IP address?  What kind of hub is it that you are connecting to? 

Steve

mistake. its is connected to a Dayna hub which is connected to the router. IS this the problem. can it not be connected this way?

It should work this way, but I would recommend that you use dhcp so that the network card gets its IP address from the the router.  As troubleshooting steps you should try connecting directly to the router to see if that works and directly to the modem to see if that works.  These steps would give us an idea of where to start looking for the problem.

Steve

Your "ipconfig" output shows a good example of a problem that couldn't happen if you were using DHCP to configure your LAN:

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.105

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Without a default gateway specified, the machine will not be able to access anything that's not on your LAN.

Jim