Can't connect to AEBS from XP or Linux -- WPA encrytpion issues

Hello all... New to this forum because not actually an Apple user but, well, I've moved in with someone who is. So I want to be able to connect to her AEBS from my PC, which is usually running Linux, but sometimes Windows XP when necessary. I bought a wireless card (ASUS WL-138G v2, Broadcomm 43xx chipset) and assumed that connecting from Linux might be a bit tricky, but that from Windoze should at least be straightforward. And it isn't. I've seen a lot of similar threads around here, but none that clearly answer the problem... Both XP and Linux can see the SSID, and I know that Linux can pick up the MAC address of the Airport, the channel, etc. but neither are able to connect.
The issue seems to be to do with the WPA encryption. I tried following the clear step-by-step on ifelix, but we found that (a) the Hex version of the PSK is 64 digits, which is much longer than the Equivalent Network Password example in the step-by-step (256 bit encryption?); and (b) neither that nor the plaintext password worked.
Similarly, wpa_supplicant under linux offered me nothing -- or error messages about the length of the key, when I tried the whole 64-digit version. iwconfig eth1 key s:xxxxxxxxx ('s' for 'string', followed by the plaintext password) gave a hex version that was only some 26 digits long, i.e. presumably the straightforward 104/128 WEP key... which, of course, didn't work.
AEBS is running as 802.11n (802.11b/g compatible); administration is from an iMac running OS X Tiger; Airport Utility version 7.0; WPA/WPA2 personal; logs show it's using TKIP; plaintext password is only 10 characters, not 13 -- but that only seems to matter under WEP...(?)
Airport Utility does offer her the option of running WEP instead of WPA, but I don't see why, ideally, she should need to downgrade her security.
I'm hoping that if I can find out how to sort this out in 'Doze I can either figure out or find the right help to get it sorted in Linux myself... but I'm out of my depth here. All suggestions -- other than starting from scratch with a shiny new Mac -- gratefully received!

Hello tortipede. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
I'm hoping that if I can find out how to sort this out in 'Doze I can either figure out or find the right help to get it sorted in Linux myself... but I'm out of my depth here. All suggestions -- other than starting from scratch with a shiny new Mac -- gratefully received!
I do have a few suggestions for you ...
From either Windows or Linux, can your PC connect to the roommate's 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn) if the AEBSn's wireless network is NOT encrypted? If not, can the PC connect to any other wireless network?
On the Linux-side, I haven't tried the particular distro that you are using, but I have had success with WPA wireless network from both Ubuntu 7.10 (all variations) and PCLinuxOS 2007. For these, I'm using a Linksys 802.11g PC-Card adapter.

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