IBook G3 cannot connect to WPA (Panther 10.3.9)

Hi there...
My iBook G3 366Mhz Clamshell with Airport and Mac OS X 10.3.9 cannot connect to my WPA wireless network.
I believe I am all set to connect to wireless WPA, but whenever i try and connect to my wireless it asks for the password and then after a few seconds says that it is unable to join the network.
My router is an ADSL / Wireless router. Its a Thomson B/G/N and is set for mixed WPA/WPA2 mode. I also tried WPA (not WPA2) non mixed mode but either way it still refuses to join.
Afaik Panther should be fine to connect to WPA and i have no problems connecting my other devices (iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, Powerbook G4, Macbook Air and iMac).
The Airport card should be ok too because it connects fine when my network is unsecured, it also connects fine to my neighbours unsecured network and also to their WPA network.
Please please help. I would really like to fix this problem. I can't rely on my neighbours network because it is slightly out of range and slow and i dont want to use those horrible wirless dongles.

etresoft says:
It is pretty hard to bridge generations like that. Panther could connect to an older router using WPA. But that new B/G/N router just may not be compatible.
If a router has a b/g mode only, resetting it to that can help. The iBook's original AirPort Card is 802.11b.

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