Hello.

WEP is a type of encryption, and the key would be a password to such encryption. In other words, the password which allows a computer on the network.

If your network is unsecured (No password), or has a different type of encription, such as WPA, I would suggest upgrading the network drivers on your laptop, which may be difficult to do since you have no Internet connection to it... Hmmn.

I hope that helped?

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