Imac won't accept Airport Password

My iMac will not accept the password of our airport extreme network...it finds the network and when I type in the password it rejects it.. It is able to connect to my neighbor's unprotected network.. I have raised this computer from the dead and it is working fine except for this .... do you have any suggestions... thanks so much..

A new or recent AirPort Extreme router would use the WPA security protocol by default. Depending on the iMac G4 model, it may not be able to use WPA. The iMac itself supports WPA and Mac OS X Panther supports WPA, but some of the oldest original AirPort cards (802.11b) cannot use WPA, while newer cards of the same type can use WPA. It can definitely use the older WEP security protocol, so you can try changing the setting on the router to use WEP. If your iMac G4 is a newer model that uses the AirPort Extreme (802.11g) card, this should not be a problem.
It would make sense that it works on an unsecured wireless network, if it is a problem with WPA not being supported. As a test, you can try disabling security on your AirPort Extreme router to make sure it is working.

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