MacBook Pro now works with wireless encryption

I am offering my two cents. After spending a morning on the phone with TDS and part of the afternoon with apple yesterday, today I finally have my MacBook Pro talking wireless with an encryption key.
My MBP would connect without an encryption key but would not with an encrytion key. The MBP is 2.16GHz model, with 10.4.9 plus all updates; the GW is an Actiontec GT704-WG.
My original encryption key which did not work was 128bit key 112233445566778899aabbccdd. When this key was in the router and entered onto the MBP it would not connect.
When I changed to 64bit encryption and entered an ASCII ABCDE on the router, then on the MBP entered a 64bit key of 4142434445 (the equivalent hexcodes), everything connected.
I have not tried this method with a 128 bit encryption key.
I hope this helps those who can connect without encryption but not with encryption.
Bruce Kaiser

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