CHANGING WEP PASSWORD

How do I find and change my wep password? It has 27 or so characters and is a real pain when I have to use it. Plus I can never remember where it lives.
Thanks
Scott

If your Airport has a choice of WPA, definitely use that. WPA2 if it has it. WEP was cracked long ago. Anyone with the right software can snag your password in literally less than 10 seconds and start using your bandwidth parked out in front of your house.
And the longer the password, the better. Preferably random letters and numbers. Dictionary words are the easiest to break as a hacker can just start trying the most commonly used words one after another until they're in.

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My Macbook has the latest 10.4.10, it sees the BSSID and when I am prompted to enter the password, it just does not seem to work at all.
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Glenn900, et al,
Thanks for your prompt response, but unfortunately I am not following these instructions very well. I am using WDS, which means that I have two basestation choices within the Airport Admin utility. One is the basestation, the other is the relay basestation. Which one do I double click? Assuming I click on the basestation, I get a large window that comes up with different categories:
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~Lyssa

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Apologises if this has been sent/resolved before:
My mate has a Netgear DG834Gv2 wireless modem configured with WEP 128bit HEX password.
He's an XP user and has no wireless connection issues.
My Macbook has the latest 10.4.10, it sees the BSSID and when I am prompted to enter the password, it just does not seem to work at all.
I have attempted all the 3 WEP password prompts:
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all with the following combinations:
1) with & without $/0x/0X before the WEP password.
Any suggestions ? I've re-installed the latest Airport Extreme patches 002 & 004. And still no luck!
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Hi,
Thanks for the feedback. Yes I've tried the $ before the actually password.
I think it's now resolved. This is what I did:
Logged on to the NetGear's admin web-page (via Ethernet cable connected directly to it).
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