IPhone won't connect to a WEP, non-broadcasting wifi router

I seem to be stuck in some kind of a wifi nether-world.
I'm trying to join the wifi network at work, which doesn't broadcast itself and has a WEP password.
I put in the name, WEP password in the "Other" setting, but it said that it was unable to join. I tried several times, and nothing.
So, on a whim, I changed the password to WPA. It "joined" it, but still has the padlock next to the name and still loads all it's data off EDGE.
So I hit forget network, tried to join it using the working WEP password, and it "joined" it again, still not loading.
Are there any other steps I might be missing?
Someone suggested that I just totally restore the iPhone, someone on Engadget had a similar problem evidently. I tried it today, and it still won't connect.
I can't figure it out. It's the exact same network that I'm posting from right this minute, connected on my Macbook. I've typed in the network name and password a dozen times.

Hey Keith Dubya,
Try to make the iPhone forget the network as described here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305715
Also when you enter the password make sure you have selected the correct security type. Settings>Wi-FI>Network name>Security. You may have to change the security type to WEP hex or ASCII
Jason

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