problems connecting my macbook to my router.

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Do macbooks have issues connecting wirelessly using wep encryption ?, I've got 2 routers now and I still can't connect my macbook to either of them using wep, if I use no encryption at all then my book connects fine, as soon as I enable wep it won't connect, my other pc laptop connects fine via wep, the router I'm curruntly using is this one http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-017-NG (Netgear DG834G v3).
 
Right, I've got in from work and gave this a bash, I was certain it was going to work but it's still a no go :(, connects fine without wep but as soon as it is enabled it does'nt work, as above you say try doing the following,

1. Hexadecimal - precede the string with a dollar sign ($). For example: $123456789a
2. ASCII - enclose the characters in double quotes ("). For example: "magic"

This is what I do, I go into my router, I select wireless setup, select wep, type in $123456789a and I get the following error



I get the same error if I try using "magic", what am I doing wrong ?

please note my other pc laptop works fine with wep.
 
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