Really need some help with my network I installed my network car with no problems ,but when it came to the hub its all went **** up...

plugged all the cables in but the installation software says the router cant be found.
I get an icon in the task bar local area connection that says its acquiring network address but that's it

 

Is it a real hub or some DSL router/modem thing? A hub just repeats packets, doesn't run a DHCP server so it won't give you an address.

 

Its a US Robotics ADSL 4 port router

other thing i've noticed is if i try and boot up the pc with it switched on the pc wont boot up

 

one thing I forgot to mention is that im using windows XP
also in the Propertied box internet protocol tcp/ip is ticked but not installed or rather the uninstall box is greyed out,do I need this installed?

 

The DSL router may have a 'first time setup' procedure for you to follow so you can configure it using your web browser, nothing like that in the manual?

 

I would guess you are going to need to go to the routers setup page, sometimes 192.168.0.1, in Internet Explorer and get the thing configured properly.