Airport (not extreme) and WPA encryption with G4 Titanium.

I just purchased the Linksys WRT150N router and basically it works great-with 3/4 of my Macs. However, my 'old' G4 TI 550 with an airport card refuses to work with the WPA Personal security. It either says this network does not support this encryption, or there was an error joining the network. I've updated to OS 10.4.10.
Apple says that this card should work fine with WPA. I've seen talk of "Airport" software, but in the OSX app folder I only have Airport Admin and Airport set up-(there is an app called Airport in the OS 9 folder--and this Arpt card was first installed under sys 9). My software updater doesn't show any recent Airport upgrades so I don't know where I am with that. The TI works fine with the router w/out any security ;-( so that's what I'm doing currently.
Ideas?
Thanks in advance.

Checked the WPA2 idea--definitely using WPA (not 2) Personal. Actually it won't connect thru WEP either.
(Here's another factoid about this machine... its ethernet port got fried in a lightning storm years ago-which actually forced the purchase of the airport card rather than buying a new motherboard)
What else?
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