>>Is DHCP turned on in the Linksys router?
>>In the settings, there is a number you can set for the maximum number of machines on your network - is it set high enough?
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>How do I do this? I don't recall that the hub properties are available anywhere.

Is it a hub or a router? If its a router, goto a machine that is working on the network, open a browser and type in 192.168.1.1
If it asks for a username and password, put nothing for the username and admin for the password. (that's the default for linksys routers)
From there, goto the DHCP tab, and you'll see the options to enable DHCP.

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>>Is the connection on the workstation set to get it's IP address automaticly?

This is done in the connection settings.
On the workstation...click the Start button, settings, control panel, then double click Netowrk and Dial-up Connections. There you'll see the 'local area connection'. Right click on it, from the popup menu that appears click on 'properties'. A window will popup. Select TCP/IP from the list, click on properties - there you'll see a window appear. Now here you can select 'obtain IP address automatcily'..that means the router will now assign the local IP address to the machine....that is what the DHCP setting does.


>What does this do? If it's not set to this, then where does it get the address?

I think I explained this above....


>>Can you ping the router? (If the defaults on the router were used, it would be 192.168.1.1)
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>Not at home now, but is this the default for anything or specifically the hub?

192.168.1.1 is the default IF IT IS A ROUTER...not a hub, but a router.


>>If all else fails, you could try to setup the workstation with a static IP address.
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>What does this do and where do I do it?

This relates to what I said above...where you select 'obtain IP adress automaticly', you'd select the other option, and enter your IP address manually. This prevents the router's DHCP from assiging the workstation's IP address.