HPC8180 Printer wont connect to wireless network, after firmware upgrade to Wireless Router

My HPC8180 has been connecting wirelessly since I bought it sometime ago. I recently had to upgrade the firmware on my Netcom NB9W wireless router and since then my HP wont resolve to the wireless network.
I run the Wireless Network wizzard on the printer, select the correct SSID and enter the WEP key as per instructions.
It then will not connect.
The summary I print out says it passes everything except:
No Filtering = Fail
Connected = Not Run
Signal Strength = Very Low (which is strange because it's about 10ft from Wireless Router).
Other networks detected matching your network name (SSID) = No
Summary says:
Network Name (SSID) altnet (correct)
IP Address = Not applicable
Configuration Source = Not applicable
Communication Mode = Infrastructure
Authentication Type = Open System
Encryption = 64-bit WEP
I have NOT turned on mac address filtering
Any ideas??
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Your router appears to be a DSL modem router. Those can be tricky to connect to. Also, WEP can be problematic and is no longer a good security measure. WEP can be broken in about 10 minutes with freeware from the internet.
Let's do three things:
1. Change to WPA or WPA2 encryption. You can make up your own password. Make it 13 or more characters, numbers and letters, upper and lower case.
2. Reset the Network Defaults in your printer (Setup > Network area).
3. Attach to the router in this way:
Sometimes DSL providers have more control over the router than the printer likes.
- Unplug the telephone line from the router
- Turn the power off on the router, wait 30 seconds, then turn the power back on.
- Go through the normal process of connecting the printer to the device (Wireless Setup WIzard)
- Now find the IP address of the printer (it should be on the self-test printout), type it into a browser.
- On that screen you will find a Networking Tab, then on the left Wireless, then the IPv4 Tab.
- On this screen you want to set a Manual IP. You need to set an IP address outside the range that the router automatically sets (called the DHCP range). If you know what that is, set an IP outside that range but no higher than 254 (the last number in the address).
- Use 255.255.255.0 for the subnet (unless you know it is different, if so, use that)
- Leave the gateway and DNS blank
- Finally, plug in the phone line, reboot the router and test.
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