WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy - it is a form of wireless encryption which stops unauthorised people accessing a router or encrypted data. On the PSP, the WEP key is the decryption key for a specific router - so you'd use the same WEP key your PC or laptop uses to connect to your wireless router, then the PSP can use it too.
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Wireless routers can be secured by using different types of encryption, which require an encryption key to download. So if your router uses 'WEP' encryption, then you'd select WEP on the PSP, before entering the WEP key specific to your router.
it is a type of a code or password to get on the internet
The WEP key is the same one your PC or laptop uses to access your wireless router. If you don't have a wireless router, then you're looking at someone else's, the WEP key is actually there to stop unauthorised people like you from accessing it.
The WEP key is part of your router and it would be the same thing your PC or laptops use to connect to your wireless network. On Windows 7 you can left click on your connection icon, right click on your connection and select properties, then on the security tab there's the option to show your WEP key. Or, you could check your router's documentation, as you can log into the router's control panel through a PC browser, you can see the WEP key there. Lastly, sometimes the WEP key is on a label on the router itself, as part of its default settings, check that also.
It's usually a WEP Key issue.