WEP Password Not Accepted

I have a Netgear router which hosts the 802.11g wireless network in my house. We have 4 computers that connect, 2 are macs. My iBook G4 was recently reformatted, and now I cant connect to my network. The network has a 10 digit numerical WEP password, and the other computers in the house connect to it just fine. When I type in the password, it says "There was an error connecting to the airport network". Using network setup assistant, i get the message "The password you entered is invalid". I have checked and double checked and the password is right. What could be the problem?

herzeleid22, Welcome to the discussion area!
If all of your equipment supports WPA2 or WPA, I would change the encryption to that. That eliminates the incompatibilities that appear in WEP.
If you must use WEP, change to a 13 character password as recommended in KB 108058, Choosing a password for networks that use Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP).

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