Sorry to repost this but things have changed and so I want to make a fresh start.
 
Heres the problem
 
I have 4 machines now altogether on a 5-port hub.
All 4 are on XP.
 
Machine 1: ICS Server. All this has is windowsXP and basically we use it on the network to connect to the internet via it... it has the modem connected to it
 
Machine 2: This is the one with the problem. AMD 1800XP Asus a7v333 new computer i just built and scrapped the amd 1000 kt7a which i had no problems with regarding networking.
 
machine 3: XP, onboard NIC works fine
 
Machine 4: XP, 3com NIC works fine
 
 
Now this is whats wrong
Machine 2 just cant get proper internet access
 
Websites time out, wont load, load slowly
other apps like mirc/msn cant establish connections, or when they do, they periodically just disconnect or msgs wont go through etc.
 
I formatted the machien again and same problem
 
I tried another nic same problem
 
Tried different cables, same problem
 
It runs on ICS, Machine 1 beign the ICS server and 2,3,4 being the clients
Ive set the IP's manually and used dhcp to control it, no luck
 
Hope you guys can sort it out, ive tried many forums, help channels, and newsgroups, no one can seem to figure it out
 
thanks