How to enter a WEP key

I'm trying to join an existing wireless network of Windows machines. Connecting to the ZyXEL router software shows that it is using 64 bit WEP for its password and this is of the form 64 6F xx xx etc. However, entering this in the Airport configuration for the Mac does not allow me to connect. I've tried putting $ or & in front of the password to no effect. How do I enter this on the Mac?
The Mac offers me 40 bit or 128 bit but not 64 bit. Is this relevant?
Alternatively, if can I just change the router password to alphanumeric e.g. macfan?

I've turned on 64 bit WEP on the router and entered a five letter password. I'm allowing broadcast of SSID while trying to fix this and the Mac can see the network but asking to join and selecting either just WEP Password or WEP 40 bit ASCII and entering the same five letter password, it fails to join and gives the error message invalid password.
Bummer!
an exact 5 ASCII character password should have worked for a WEP 40/64 bit key. But if it didn't, then it didn't.
The router should be able to tell you the WEP Hex Equivalent Password. It should looks something like 1A2B3C4D5E (this is just a made up example, you must get the real hex value from your router). You enter this as the password.
NOTE: Apple has played games with entering hex passwords over the years, and I DO NOT know the current rules, so I'm going to suggest you try 3 different ways to enter this hex value. One of them should work, or there is something else wrong.
$1A2B3C4D5E
0x1A2B3C4D5E
1A2B3C4D5E
One of these mentions of entering the WEP Hex Equivalent Password should work (I'm placing my bets on the leading dollar sign).

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