Virgin Broadband Ethernet Hub Airport Express, can't set up a network

My broadband comes in via the virgin modem, I then want to be able to 'split it off' to provide a wired ethernet connection for 'ordinary' machines and also a wifi network for all the laptops in the house.
Currently I have set it up as follows:
Virgin Broadband >> Ethernet Hub >> Airport Express (wifi) >>
Connections to the Ethernet Hub work (its what I am on now) and filesharing between machines on the wifi network work as well but machines on the wifi network can't get any internet access???
Am I barking up the wrong tree????

colse, Welcome to the discussion area!
This won't work with an Ethernet hub or Ethernet switch.
Your ISP gives you a single IP address. To connect multiple devices you need a router. The router will use that single public IP address and then create multiple local IP addresses for your devices. The AirPort Express (AX) IS a router but unfortunately only has a single Ethernet port and can't support Ethernet clients.
So... you need to replace the hub with an inexpensive wired router.
Then configure the AX to act as a bridge (not sharing a single IP address) so that the AX will not create a separate subnet for the wireless clients.

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