BEFW11S4 Network Key

Hi:
I have a BEFW11S4-3 Wireless Router and a Toshiba laptop with WPC54G-V2 Adapter and currently am having no connection problems etc.
However my daughter brought her IBM laptop over yesterday and I never could get it connect because of apparently invalid Network Key when I tried to enter it to complete the connection. Laptop picked up Linksys with excellent strength, but again I never could enter a good Network Key. I entered what I thought I had used in the past for other laptops, but I never could get a connection.
Is there any way that I can check for the Valid Network Key? I brought up the Linksys Setup screen with IE 192.168.1.1 and looked at all Tabs, but I never could find anything that said Network Key. I especially looked at the Wireless and Security Tabs.
Any help in this matter will be appreciated.
Thanks

Hi:
I have firmware version 1.2.1 and apparently it changed the Tabs Info for this router. Under the Setup Tab>Wireless> I found WEP: w/check by Mandatory and blank by Disable. To the immediate right it showed WEP Key Settings.
I clicked on WEP KEY Settings and it shows Passphrase: with some data in it and below this 4 Keys numbered 1 through 4 with data. Below this it shows Default TX Key "1".
Is the Passphrase the Network Key?
Thanks so much for your replies.

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