WRT310N - Wireless WEP Security

Has anyone had problems setting up WEP security on the WRT310N router? When I configure the router to use WEP, then I cannot get any of my wireless devices to connect to it. If I disable security everything works fine. However; I don't feel very comfortable without security enabled.
Any ideas on what I need to do to correct?

I made the keys very simple for testing...that wasn't the problem.
I was just about to give up and return the router to the store...when I decided to try to a couple of hard resets on router. After resetting the router...
I finally figured out, that if I put the network mode on 'Mixed' (because I have wireless B,G, and N on my network) and set the standard channel on '11' regardless of whether the Radio band was set to 'Wide' or 'Standard', then I was finally able to get my wireless devices to connect. This time around, if I tried to put the standard channel on 3 or 6, then my wireless computer would give me an error message saying my wireless network was not in range. It seems Standard channel 11 is the one that works best for me.
The only outstanding issue I have is that my Wireless-N devices do not seem to be any faster than Wireless-G. They are receiving around 54 Mbs, same as G.

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I upgraded to Leopard the day after it came out, and with a few exceptions has "just worked", like Tiger.
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I have not changed any setting on my router in months; and after I returned from Thanksgiving break (where I brought my laptop and connected to a linksys router with no password security), I was unable to connect to my netgear. I am the only person in my room that knows the password to the router, and all of the PCs (and presumably consoles, though I honestly haven't bothered to check since the PCs work).
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I was having a similar (I think) problem connecting to my school's wireless network (it is WEP rather than WPA, I guess for legacy compatibility). I came to school and would connect for a few seconds, then disconnecting. I went into the airport settings and saw that the saved setting for the connection had switched to no password. I changed it back to WEP and entered my password, then closed out, turned airport off and on again. Didn't work. I went back, and the setting had gone back to no password. I then deleted the saved network setting and created a new one with the proper security and password. This new entry saved properly and now I am connecting with no problem.
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Assuming you have 3rd party wireless routers, have you checked the router manufacturer's website to see if a firmware update is available for the router models targeted at OS X users?
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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.
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I want to use it as a client on my home wireless network to stream Internet radio over my home stereo system.
What is the make/model of your current home wireless network's router?
But before that I tried it three times with WEP security enabled and failed each time.
Any reason that you can't use WPA or WPA2, instead of WEP. WEP is no longer considered secure and it doesn't play "nice" when working with different vendor's equipment.
Don't know which WEP this is, but the password is 5-digit hex.
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.
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