Airport Extreme unable to connect to WPA network

I have an iBook G4 running OS 10.3.9 and a Netgear WGT624v3 wireless router. The iBook connects well with the Netgear router using WEP encryption but using WPA Personal security I get a message that says "the wireless network does not support the requested encryption method."
The netgear technical support people advised me that it is a configuration issue and to contact Apple to make it work properly but the only information I found there was to update the airport card firmware.
I updated the firmware for the AirPort Extreme card to 3.90.34.0p.16 from the Apple website but that didn't solve the problem.
In addition I have a HP Photosmart wireless all-in-one where I experience the same problem.
If there are any suggestions, I would be forever grateful.
iBook 1.2GHz G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)
iBook 1.2GHz G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Don,
Thank you for your reply. The article on WEP encryption is very interesting and I will use it when I use WEP.
The article on WPA indicates that an airport extreme card with software version 3.2 or higher should work. I think I have version 4.2 which came from the AirPortSW42.dmg which I obtained from the Apple website. So I am confused because it still doesn't allow me to connect using WPA.
Bill
iBook 1.2GHz G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)
iMac 700 mhz Mac OS X (10.3.9)

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tomasvaril wrote:
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Hello,
This is the situation: in one room there's an old Mac, the modem which delivers the internet and the AirPort Extreme which is connected to the modem.
In another room there's the Mac Pro, the Time Capsule which is connected to the Mac Pro with an ethernet cable and to a printer via USB.
I want the AirPort Extreme to wirelessly share it's internet connection with the Time Capsule so that the Time Capsule can share the printer with all three Macs (old Mac, Mac Pro and Macbook Pro), the Mac Pro can use the Time Capsule for Time Machine functionality and maybe the Macbook Pro too.
And just using the Time Capsule for internet.
How can I do this?
At the moment the AirPort Extreme is disconnected and the Time Capsule is used instead, but this way I can't share the printer...
Thanks!

Is that AirPort Extreme "flat" or dome-shaped? If it's flat (802.11n-capable), you should be able to configure the "main" router to "Allow this network to be extended" and the other to "Join a wireless network". If the Extreme is dome-shaped, then you need a more-complicated "WDS" arrangement. In either case it shouldn't matter much which router plays which role.
I'm not sure what you mean by "And just using the Time Capsule for internet."
Nathan-NL wrote:
At the moment the AirPort Extreme is disconnected and the Time Capsule is used instead, but this way I can't share the printer...
Is the printer connected to the USB port of the Time Capsule? Can you see the printer in the "Printer" panel of AirPort Utility? What happens when you try to use it from one of the Macs?

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