Anyway to set a HEX WEP password on the airport extreme?

The input area only allows you to enter 13 characters and doesn't accept the 26 hex ones required. Any other way to do this? I have the current version of the utility and firmware for my box. I also have other vendors ap's that already have the hex code so I need to keep it the same. Thanks.

wavesonar, Welcome to the discussion area!
Do you have the round 802.11b/g AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) or the square 802.11b/g/n AEBS?
I'm confused by what you are attempting to do. The AEBS is creating the wireless network. Therefore it is in control of the WEP password. You can enter the password you want.
Are you trying to get the AEBS to join a wireless network? This will only work if your wireless network is created by another AEBS or an AirPort Express (AX) and they are both configured to use WDS.

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Confirm Password
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When you have an older "g" device (the flying saucer) and a newer "n" device (the square one) in order for them to communicate using wireless only, you must configure both of them in what is known as WDS configuration.
This is a quite tricky setup for most users. The best set of instructions that I've seen for this comes from expert user Tesserax in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2355832&tstart=0
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