Wireless setup: using Passphrase vs Network Key

Question

I am trying to put a new Inspiron 600m (with a Dell 1350 802.11g/b card) on my existing Belkin access point using 128 bit WEP.  I've always used a passphrase with the existing computers, but on the 600m I only get a field entry for a 'Network Key'   I get this when using the Dell wireless LAN utility and doing a 'Configure' of the available network. When I enter the existing passphrase, I get the error that 'the network password needs to be 40bits or 104 bits which can be entered as 5 or 13 ascii characters.    Am I looking at the wrong place here - is there somewhere where I can configure this with a non-fixed-length passphrase or do I need to change the passphrase on my existing access point to confirm to the 5/13 ascii character length.   Thanks in advance, ChipO

oldtraveler · Answer

I just went thru this.  I had to first select a passphrase that was either 5 or 13 characters long.  Then in my router setup I used that passphrase and clicked 'generate'.  This created a long Network Key which was what I had to use on my pc network properties.  Then all worked fine.

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