Airport Extreme - unable to secure access

I have an Airport Extreme base station (the white flying saucer model) connected to a DSL modem. This allows my internet connection to be shared amongst an Imac and 3 iBooks in my household. One of the iBook users is my son who has worked out how to bypass the security on my Airport Extreme. My reason for restricting his access is that he has repeatedly blown out my download limits and I want to block his access to the internet.
1. I was using WEP (to allow access from a Nintendo DS) and my son found out what the password was. Not entirely surprising.
2. Using Airport Admin Utility, I removed his airport card ID from the list of allowable devices. Next thing I know, his ID re-appeared in the list. This has happened 3 times, so no coincidence.
3. I changed the Admin password on the Airport Extreme base station and again removed his airport card ID from the list. It has re-appeared.
4. Lastly, I upgraded from WEP to WPA. He is still attaching to the network.
5. I managed to get access to his laptop on the weekend and started up Airport Admin Utility. To my surprise, it did not ask for a password and I was able to access all settings on the base station. This appears to be how he is reinserting his ID into the access control list.
Are there security issues with Airport Admin Utility? I am intrigued by how his laptop appears to bypass the security I have put in place.
How can I impose the restrictions on his access?
All iMacs and iBooks are running OS X 10.4.9 or 10.4.10.

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
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