Connect PRS950 to Airport Extreme WiFi

Hello all,
Hopefully someone here can assist. PRS-950, 3g works fine when traveling, but I cannot for love or money get it to connect to home WiFi. ISP = Time Warner. Connection chain is cable modem, then Linksys WIRED router, then AirportExtreme 4th gen base station. Windows 7 PC connected to the router, the Airport wirelessly connects MAC OS X 10.6.7, Sony PS3, and Wii. All this works fine.
When I set up the WiFi on the reader, all settings seem to look fine EXCEPT "ENCRYPTION KEY" -- this is the piece that I am unable to obtain in spite of spending HOURS with Time Warner (they sent me to Linksys), Linksys (referred me to Sony), Sony support sent me back to Apple, who of course wants to charge me just to even answer this simple question. Hours and hours of internet searches, tweaking every password setting I could find on the Airport, and it seems all I need to find out is how to determine the encryption key on the Airport Extreme.
Has anyone set up a WIFI reader using an Airport Extreme and has any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Anyone .... pleeeeeeeease.... please
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Thank you for your post.
Airport Extreme 4th gen base station’s encryption key would be your security code/pass phrase designated during the initial set up of your system. If you have forgotten the code then your option is to contact Apple for support or reset your wireless router (Airport Extreme) to default settings and assign a new password. However, when you reset to factory default settings you will re-configure the wireless router and reconnect all connected devices.

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