WEP setup with Airport network

Greetings,
Hopefully this will not be a difficult question. I have an Apple Airport network that I have been using to connect a Playstation 2 to the internet with using a WGA11b Game Adapter. Being in a rural area I had not worried about using any security on the network.
But now that situation has changed causing me to activate WEP security on the network. I am unable to figure out how to modify the settings in the Game Adapter to recognize the new security. Is there a way I can "talk" to the Adapter with one of my Macs to fix this?
Matt Bowerman

You will require a windows based PC as the setup disk that comes with the GA will only run on windows...and that';s the only method to configure teh WGA11b since it does not have a web interface.

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