AX WEP Security Problem

I've just pulled my AX out of the closet for the first time in a couple of years. I want to use it as a client on my home wireless network to stream Internet radio over my home stereo system. I've gotten it to work--but only without security on my wireless network. Without security, everything went as scripted. But before that I tried it three times with WEP security enabled and failed each time. I won't bore you with the details, since obviously (since I got it to work without security) I went through the correct procedures. I'll just provide a couple of details here.
* During the setup procedure, everything seemed to be going perfectly until the end.
* During the procedure, I specified WEP security and gave the utility access to my keychain, where it accessed my WEP password. I 'showed' the password to make sure it was correct.
* Setup was successful (according to the admin utility) but after restarting a connection between the AX and the existing network could not be established. The light flashed amber and the device disappeared, inaccessible either directly or through the existing network.
Don't know which WEP this is, but the password is 5-digit hex.
Thanks for your help.
Jim

I want to use it as a client on my home wireless network to stream Internet radio over my home stereo system.
What is the make/model of your current home wireless network's router?
But before that I tried it three times with WEP security enabled and failed each time.
Any reason that you can't use WPA or WPA2, instead of WEP. WEP is no longer considered secure and it doesn't play "nice" when working with different vendor's equipment.
Don't know which WEP this is, but the password is 5-digit hex.
One of the problems with WEP is that the actual standard relies on a 10 character HEX key for 40bit WEP and a 26 character HEX key for 128bit WEP.
In order to make things easier, vendors use certain algorithms to convert simple alphanumeric passwords (or passphrases) into HEX keys, thus enabling the use of simple easy to remember WEP password rather than lengthy HEX keys. The problem is that different vendors use different algorithms to generate the HEX key and therefore a ASCII password on an AX will be hashed differently on a non-Apple client and vice versa.

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