Can't set WEP security, why?

I have a Belkin 54mb Airport Card (seen in Profiler as Airport Extreme) in my Mac running OSX 10.4.8. The card works fine with my Netgear DG834G modem/router but I can't set the security option.
I set the password in the 'Wireless Settings' page re-start after but when I key in the password Airport can't find the network. I then have to reset the modem to factory settings.
Anyone out there using this modem/router who can offer any help?
G4 466 DA Mac OS X (10.4.8) www.ardswe.com

Thanks to those helped, thanks. The problem was this:
When setting up WEP security with this modem, you use the standard 10 digit 'Hex' password, ex 1234567890 but when you assign this password to the Network and Airport on your mac you must prefix it with a dolar sign, (so the pasword becomes $1234567890), apparently the dollar sign forces the Netwotk Prefs and Airport to read the numbers as 'Hex' code, as opposed to just numbers.
Hope this may help others who have this problem.

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