WEP password won't work on only one Mac

I have my network set up, with router etc. I have what I assume is a WEP password. My main box is a G5. Another box is a MacBook unibody. They both detect my network in the Airport list. If I have to enter my WEP password, it works fine.
Today I just started up my G4 867 running 10.4. It has an Airport card in it that has worked fine in the past. I haven't used the computer for over a year, but it starts up fine, everything looks normal. When I go to my network list in Airport, I see my network. At first it asked for a "WPA Personal" password, but I've never had to use it. It didn't work. Then I switched to "other . . ." and was able to choose "WEP Password" for my network. I get an error message saying "There was an error connecting to the network "xxxx""
I KNOW that the password is correct -- it works on both my other machines. But I still get the error message. I tried the various "WEP" options, and even LEAP, whatever that is. No matter what option I select, it will not accept the password.
I even tried rebooting in OS 9 (I can do that!!) but there, also, I got the same error.
I KNOW I'm not mistyping the password . . . what the heck is going on here?
Thanks in advance. This is extremely frustrating.

Golly gosh gosh . . . this was so long ago I have no idea what ended up happening. But these days if something like that happened to me I'd just junk the router and buy a new, more modern one. And have someone who knows what they're doing come in and set it up. And make sure every single thing he does is documented and that all passwords etc. are immediately stored in a safe and always accessible place.
I know it's frustrating NOW and you want answers NOW, but sometimes there is just voodoo in the air and no amount of brainstorming settles it.
I know you know all the standard procedures -- reboot everything, unplug, replug, dump preference files -- but in the end, just throw away the router and get a new one. In this disposable culture we have that's almost always the best and easiest solution.
My wife has been bedevilled by an "Update Flash" problem on the computer that used to be mine but that I gave to her, and of course, it's those little kids at Adobe being spiteful at their old mentors and not supporting Flash on Power PCs any more, thus the non-functionality -- but thankfully this time I found a hack somewhere that immediately solved her problem. She was blown away, but ultimately it's going to be a lot worse on anyone still running a Power PC. Just give it all up and ditch the PPC and buy an Intel machine -- problem gone. The old days of trying to brainsttorm through a seemingly intractable problem are long, long gone. Ditch the offender and start all over again with a new offender.
Let me (us) know what happened. I wish I could help you but I must have solved it somehow or given up on it -- I simply can't remember.

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