Non-ASCII WIFI Hex WEP Key in iPhone 1.1.2

I am struggling to connect to my employer's WIFI network. I was able to do this back with older firmware of the iPhone when it would let me specify that the WEP key was Hex. That option doesn't seem to exist anymore.
My employer's key is "1111111111" but it doesn't have an ASCII equivalent that can be typed using the iPhone keyboard. I've looked around and some people mention that if you put a "$" in front of the hex key that it will then force the iPhone to treat it like hex but that doesn't seem to be true.
Please help me figure out what I am doing wrong.
Thank you,
Matt

Matt Cooper1,
WEP Password, and type password means the Mac is seeing it as ASCII password not a hex.
Is your network using 128-bit or 40-bit encryption?
If using 40-bit the ASCII password should be 5 characters, and 128-bit 13 characters to avoid potential hashing issues.
This article discusses that in the "Multiplatform issue" and "Avoiding the issue" sections:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108058
Hope this helps,
Nathan C.

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