IBook loses Airport settings for 2Wire Gateway whenever put to sleep

My old 2Wire DSL modem/gateway stopped doing wireless, so I had to replace it with a new one through SBC/AT&T. It's a 2700HG-B. Connecting to it with my G4 PowerBook (running OS X 10.4.7) works just as with the old one.
However, with my G3 iBook, every time it is reawakened from sleep, the Airport Utility no longer connects to the DSL wirelessly — even after I re-select my 2Wire.
I have to re-run the Airport Assistant and re-configure it, including entering the WEP Key before I can use the WiFi. This is true everytime the iBook has been put to sleep. Previously, the iBook automatically reconnected whenever it was reawakened.
The iBook has no similar problem connecting to other WiFi bases — but that's no help at home, where it's used most.
I will appreciate any help anyone can provide.
Dante
PowerBook G4, iBook G3, PowerPC G3/4   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

Hi there,
Unfortunately, I don't have an answer for you but was hopeful you could help me. I just got the new iMac 20" and a new 2wire 2700hg-b... I managed to get airport to connect by entering the ssid and network key... network icon (upper right corner) shows full signal yet whenever I try opening a web page I get the message "you're not connected to the internet" I tried resetting the network with $ sign before the network key (read about this tip online)... same problem...
Please tell me how you managed to to use it... no WEP?

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