Problems joining airport network... PLEASE HELP!

Hello...
I´m having problems joining an airport network, i realy hope u guys can help me... I tried everything...
I turn on my airport card and the airport finds the network i want to join... No problems with that...
I enter the password (i´m sure it´s the correct one) and it keeps saying "there was an error joining the airport network "Blablabla".
The type of security is WEP Passord...
Thank u for your attencion...
Ivo Vieira

Ivoo wrote:
The type of security is WEP Passord...
One of the problems with WEP is that the actual standard relies on a 10 character HEX key for 40bit WEP and a 26 character HEX key for 128bit WEP.
In order to make things easier for people, vendors use certain algorithms to convert simple alphanumeric passwords (or passphrases) into HEX keys, thus enabling people to use simple memorable WEP password rather than lengthy HEX keys.
The problem is that different vendors use different algorithms to generate the HEX key and therefore a ASCII password on an AEBS will be hashed differently on a Netgear client and vice versa.
One thing is a 13 character 128 bit WEP password will be hashed by all vendors in the same way (if you use 40bit WEP then a 5 character password is required).
Though sometimes not even that works and the HEX key must be used regardless.
AirPort: Joining an encrypted wireless network
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106424
Choosing a password for networks that use Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108058
WEP is considered insecure, you should think about switching to WPA.
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