Having trouble connecting my macbook pro after switching security from default WEP to WPA2

Background: switched to verizon fios triple play last summer and everything has been great. I have one desktop PC and one Macbook pro laptop. These are the only computers that me and my family have used on this network. I'm a college student and went away to college and just came back for Thanksgiving break. I connected to the internet fine on my macbook pro, but I noticed that the little lock next to the SSID was no longer present. I'm extremely paranoid and diligent when it comes to computer security, so I quickly began googling why the lock was no longer there. I was afraid my wifi network was no longer "locked" or encrypted. So, after doing some more research, I ended up coming across WEP and how it's not really secure, so I went through all the steps to change it to WPA2. Everything went fine and the internet is working just fine on my PC.
Now here's the problem, I went on my macbook pro and was glad to see the lock sympol was present next to the SSID on the wireless pulldown. Unfortuantely, the password is apparently not working. First I thought the password was still the WEP key which you can find on the tag on the back of the router. It didn't work, so next I though it might be the wps pin, it didn't work. Then I typed in the password to log into the site where you can change the settings(the site where you get to by typing the ip address(I think or router address(?)). That didn't work either. So now I'm here looking for an answer. Hopefully someone can give me a solution which would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Nevermind........I just realized the password to the new WPA2 setting is the name you inserted when it asks you to name the WPA2.

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