Laptop cannot access printer

I have a WRT54GS router. I have a printer connected to my main computer. I am able to print from my laptop until I set up WEP wireless security, I have the MAC address of the laptop entered in the MAC filter list. When I try to print from the laptop I get a message "unable to connect". Any suggestion on what I may be doing wrong?

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