Help G3 wireless problem

I am very new to using apple/mac computers...Please Help
I have a G3 Blue and White (OS 10.2.8) that I am trying to connect to my home wireless network. G3 has the airport card and it is installed and recognized by the system. My network appears on the list of local area networks that I can attach.
The "base" station consist of PC (XP) with a Netgear Wirelss Router. If I disable my Security settings under the Netgear admin site I am able to get an internet connection for the G3.
However, I am not interested in leaving my network open but when I add WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) or WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key) I am not able to get connected.
Using WEP I set a passphrase and generate the keys but I'm not able to see where on the G3 to do likewise. It only asks for a password.
If I use WPA-PSK, I set a passphrase but it is not recognized when I enter the passphrase as the password on the G3.
Is it possible to have a secure wireless network with this setup?
I would appreciate any input, thanks.

Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
I suggest that you post your question in the _Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White) Usage Forum_. Someone there will have a better idea of what you can do.
You have found your way into one of the iBook forums here, so the hardware is very different.
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