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you can only use the ethernet or the USB, but not both together. If switching connections, between the two, or of device connected, you must power off the modem, or it will not detect something has changed.
A hub will not work. The modem only knows how to speak to one device at a time. To connect more than one computer simultaneously to the internet via your cable mode, get a cable broadband router (not an ADSL router).